fruktfluga

Swedish

Etymology

From frukt (“fruit”) +‎ fluga (“fly”). Perhaps an anglicism.

Noun

fruktfluga c

1. Synonym of bananfluga (“a fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster”)
2. Synonym of borrfluga (“any insect of the Tephritidae family, some of the fruit flies”)

Usage notes

Does not appear in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) or Svensk ordbok (SO). Mentioned in an example for borrfluga in SO.

Declension

Declension of fruktfluga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fruktfluga	fruktflugas
	definite	fruktflugan	fruktflugans
plural	indefinite	fruktflugor	fruktflugors
	definite	fruktflugorna	fruktflugornas

References

• borrfluga in Svensk ordbok (SO)