MUSCA DOMESTICA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases

Synonyms:

house fly; housefly; Musca domestica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Musca domestica" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Holonyms ("Musca domestica" is a member of...):

genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)

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