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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Any of several fruit flies, esp.
Drosophila ampelopophila , which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun flies whose larvae feed on pickles and imperfectly sealed preserves
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