DROSOPHILAE

DROSOPHILA

drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster

(noun) small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

drosophilae

plural of drosophila

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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