Associations to the word «Drosophila»

Wiktionary

DROSOPHILA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae   — the fruit flies.
DROSOPHILA, noun. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Drosophilidae   — a fruit fly often used in genetic and other experiments.

Dictionary definition

DROSOPHILA, noun. Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca