Anastrepha

noun

Anas·​tre·​pha

əˈnastrəfə

: a genus of tropical American fruit flies (family Trypetidae) including a number of destructive pests of citrus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek anastrephein to turn back, from ana- + strephein to turn

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

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