drosophila melanogaster

NOUN

23 LETTERS · STARTS WITH D

drosophila melanogaster is a valid 23-letter word worth 31 points in Scrabble and 36 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

D2R1O1S1O1P3H4I1L1A1M3E1L1A1N1O1G2A1S1T1E1R1

2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =31 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 62TRIPLE WORD → 93

MEANING

What does drosophila melanogaster mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.

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