fruktfluga

Swedish

Etymology

From frukt (“fruit”) +‎ fluga (“fly”). Perhaps an anglicism.

Noun

fruktfluga c

  1. synonym of bananfluga (“a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster”)
  2. synonym of borrfluga (“any insect of the Tephritidae family, some of the fruit flies”)

Usage notes

Does not appear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) or Svensk ordbok (SO). Mentioned in an example for borrfluga in SO.

Declension

Declension of fruktfluga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fruktfluga fruktflugas
definite fruktflugan fruktflugans
plural indefinite fruktflugor fruktflugors
definite fruktflugorna fruktflugornas

References

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