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☆ apple maggot

  1. a fruit fly larva (Rhagoletis pomonella) that infests apples and other fruits
  2. the winged adult stage of this fruit fly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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