dacine
English
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Etymology
[edit]Clipping of translingual Dacinae
Noun
[edit]dacine (plural dacines)
- (entomology) Any fruit fly of the tephritid subfamily Dacinae.
- (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS[1]:
- 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).