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drosophila

noun

Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

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Word length
10
Starts with
D
Ends with
A
Contains
RO
Scrabble score
16

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Pronunciation

dɹoʊˈsɑfələ

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noun

  1. Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance

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