Noun: drosophila (drosophilas,drosophilae) drow'só-fi-lu
- Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
"Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism in genetic research";
- Drosophila melanogaster
Derived forms: drosophilae, drosophilas
Type of: fruit fly, pomace fly
Part of: genus Drosophila
Encyclopedia: Drosophila