fruit fly
Example Sentences
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In the field, those 20-inch black-painted aluminum wheels wouldn’t stay pretty for long; those running boards would have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
"It's very difficult to glue a wire to a fruit fly," he says.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
The goal is to keep the oriental fruit fly from spreading to more crops while working to eliminate the pest.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024
We have a million times as many brain cells, or neurons, than the fruit fly which was studied.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
Not bad, he thought, though he noticed a dead fruit fly floating on the top.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
