Word Meanings - MEDITERRANEANFRUITFLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.

• Causeway
  Alt. of Causey
• BLACKFRIAR
  A friar of the Dominican order; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
• Distributary
  Tending to distribute or be distributed; that distributes; distributive.
• BLACKWATERSTATE
  Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil.
• Larvated
  Masked; clothed as with a mask.
• WHITEFRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
• Black book
  One of several books of a political character, published at different times and for different purposes; -- so called either from the color of the binding, or from the character of the contents.
• Ripened
  of Ripen
• WINGHANDED
  Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
• Blackfoot
  Of or pertaining to the Blackfeet; as, a Blackfoot Indian.
• Whitecap
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
• Black letter
  The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It was conspicuous for its blackness. See Type.
• Whitened
  of Whiten
• Blackroot
  See Colicroot.
• Whitewash
  Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
• Wing-handed
  Having the anterior limbs or hands adapted for flight, as the bats and pterodactyls.
• Causey
  A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
• BLACKFRIDAY
  Any Friday on which a public disaster has occurred, as: In England, December 6, 1745, when the news of the landing of the Pretender reached London, or May 11, 1866, when a financial panic commenced. In the United States, September 24, 1869, and Septemb
• Distributed
  of Distribute

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