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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fruktfluga	fruktflugan	fruktflugor	fruktflugorna
Genitive	fruktflugas	fruktflugans	fruktflugors	fruktflugornas

References

• borrfluga in Svensk ordbok (SO)