Drosophila melanogaster

Translingual

Drosophila melanogaster feeding off a banana.

Pronunciation

• English: (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ məˌlænəˈɡæstɚ/, /dɹəˈsɑfələ məˌlænəˈɡæstɚ/
• Hungarian: IPA^(key): [ˈdrosofilaːmɛlaːnoɡaːstɛr], [ˈdrozofilaːmɛlaːnoɡaːstɛr]

Proper noun

Drosophila melanogaster m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Drosophilidae – a fruit fly often used in genetic and other experiments.

Synonyms

• Drosophila (Sophophora) melanogaster, Sophophora melanogaster

Hypernyms

• (species): Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Ephydroidea - superfamily; Drosophilidae - family; Drosophilinae - subfamily; Drosophilini - tribe; Drosophilina - subtribe; Drosophiliti - infratribe; Drosophila - genus

Translations

fruit fly — see also fruit fly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑腹果蠅／黑腹果蝇 (hēifù guǒyíng)

• Czech: octomilka obecná f
• Dutch: bananenvlieg (nl) f
• Finnish: banaanikärpänen (fi)
• Hungarian: ecetmuslica (hu)
• Japanese: 黄色猩々蝿, キイロショウジョウバエ (kiiro shōjōbae)
• Korean: 노랑초파리 (norangchopari)
• Polish: wywilżna karłowata f, muszka owocowa (pl) f
• Russian: дрозофила фруктовая f (drozofila fruktovaja)
• Swedish: bananfluga (sv) c, fruktfluga c (anglicism)
• Vietnamese: ruồi giấm thường, ruồi trái cây thường

References

• Drosophila melanogaster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Drosophila melanogaster on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Drosophila melanogaster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia