Home › Words › D › drosophiladrosophila/dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/drosophila means any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila.drosophila is pronounced /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/.EtymologyFrom taxonomic name Drosophila.nounAny fruit fly of the genus Drosophilae.g.“In contrast, the drosophilas of Hawaii owe their oddity entirely to the whims of natural selection.” — 2006, Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion, page 127:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.drosophilan 92% match — Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila. vs drosophila →drosophilid 81% match — Any member of the Drosophilidae. vs drosophila →drosophilist 70% match — One who studies drosophilas. vs drosophila →nondrosophilid 63% match — Any fly that is not a drosophilid vs drosophila →dipterid 62% match — Any fly of the order Diptera vs drosophila →daphnid 62% match — Any water flea of the genus Daphnia vs drosophila →dryomyzid 61% match — Any fly in the family Dryomyzidae. vs drosophila →dithrycine 60% match — Any fly of the tribe Dithrycini. vs drosophila →