Dacine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dacine is a noun meaning (entomology) Any fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.
Meaning
(entomology) Any fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.
Example Sentences
Objective 3 included the incorporation of several thousand additional specimens into the web-accessible, Afrotropical tephritid database (M. De Meyer and I. White) and the revision of Afrotropical dacines (White).
Word Forms
- dacines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dithrycine, licinine, caenid, canacid, scenopinid, muscid.
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