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Definition: Medfly |
MedflyNoun1. Small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | A shortened name for the Mediterranean fruit fly, a destructive pest of fruits and vegetables that is found throughout most of Central America. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is involved in programs to keep the Medfly from spreading north into Mexico, where it could easily enter the United States on imported winter fruits and vegetables. Eradication efforts in California, Florida and Texas have prevented infestations from becoming established. Hawaii is infested with the Medfly and no eradication efforts currently are under way. Travelers returning to the continental United States from Hawaii or a foreign country are prohibited from bringing into the country fresh fruits, meats, plants, birds, and plant and animal products that may harbor pests or diseases. (references) |
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Synonyms: MedflySynonyms: Ceratitis capitata (n), Mediterranean fruit fly (n). (additional references) |
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 | Male medfly. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | The production of medflies can be realized in the laboratory by bathing medfly eggs in warm water—a process that kills the female embryos but doesn't harm the male embryos. In the pupal stage, the males canbe irradiated to render them sexually sterile. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Medfly feeding on a cotton wick soaked with a bait-dye mixture. Photo by Scott Bauer.Credit: USDA ARS News. |  | A female medfly pumps eggs through her ovipositor into the soft outer layers of a ripe coffee berry. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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medfly | 12 |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "medfly" (pronounced me"dflē) |
| 3 | -f l ē | awfully, beautifully, briefly, chiefly, colorfully, powerfully, roughly, safely, stiffly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-l-m-y" | |
-2 letters: defy, delf, demy, elmy, emyd, fled, fley, meld, yeld, ylem. | |
-3 letters: del, dey, dye, eld, elf, elm, emf, fed, fem, fey, fly, led, ley, lye, med, mel. | |
-4 letters: de, ed, ef, el, em, me, my, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-l-m-y" | |
+3 letters: damselfly. | |
+4 letters: dreamfully, informedly. | |
+5 letters: confirmedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 64 66 6C 79 |
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