Usually means: Fruit pest, Mediterranean fruit fly.
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  1. medfly: Merriam-Webster
  2. medfly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Medfly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. medfly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. medfly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Medfly, medfly: Wordnik
  7. medfly: Wiktionary
  8. medfly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. medfly: Dictionary.com
  10. Medfly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Medfly: Rhymezone
  12. medfly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. medfly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Medfly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. medfly: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. medfly: Encyclopedia

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  1. MEDFLY: Acronym Finder

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  1. medfly: NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL
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Definitions from Wiktionary (medfly)

▸ noun:  A small fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), native to the Mediterranean.

Similar:
Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, mistfly, moth fly, fishfly, fruitfly, banana fly, fruit fly, noon fly, flower fly, more...

Opposite:
non-medfly, non-pest, beneficial insect

Types:
Ceratitis capitata, fruit fly, vinegar fly, more...

Phrases:
1989 California medfly attack, more...

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Similar:
Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, mistfly, moth fly, fishfly, fruitfly, banana fly, fruit fly, noon fly, flower fly, more...

Opposite:
non-medfly, non-pest, beneficial insect

Types:
Ceratitis capitata, fruit fly, vinegar fly, more...

Phrases:
1989 California medfly attack, more...



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