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Definition of Drosophilas
1. drosophila [n] - See also: drosophila
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drosophilas
Literary usage of Drosophilas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"... the commonest species all over the United States, and is mainly responsible
for the injury to canned fruits and pickles. drosophilas are found commonly ..."
2. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1893)
"About 25 species of North American drosophilas have been described, mostly by
the late Doctor Loew and Mr. Walker of the British museum. ..."
3. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"In attempting to explain certain unexpected ratios which he obtained in a long
series of breeding experiments upon white-eyed drosophilas, Bridges found ..."
4. Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila by Thomas Hunt Morgan, Calvin Blackman Bridges (1916)
"It is true a few mutants have been found in other drosophilas, but relatively
few as compared with the number in D. ..."
5. Transactions of the Annual Meetings of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas Academy of Science Meeting (1893)
"About 25 species of North American drosophilas have been described, mostly by
the late Doctor Loew and Mr. Walker of the British museum. ..."
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