Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [med-flahy]
- /ˈmɛdˌflaɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [med-flahy]
- /ˈmɛdˌflaɪ/
Definitions of medfly word
- noun plural medfly Mediterranean fruit fly. 1
- noun medfly a small, black and white, irregularly banded two-winged fly, Ceratitis capitata, of many warm regions, that damages citrus and other succulent fruit crops by implanting eggs that hatch into maggots within the fruit. 1
- noun medfly A small fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, native to the Mediterranean. 1
- noun medfly Mediterranean fruit fly 0
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Origin of medfly
First appearance:
before 1930 One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; by shortening
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Parts of speech for Medfly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
medfly popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
medfly usage trend in Literature
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