The family of flies that includes fruit flies and vinegar flies, characterized by small size and short life cycles.
Taxonomic Latin name based on the genus Drosophila plus the standard family suffix '-idae,' following biological classification.
This family contains hundreds of species, but 'Drosophila melanogaster' (the common fruit fly) became so famous in labs that most people think the whole family is just one tiny fly!
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