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housefly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun housefly has 1 sense
- housefly(n = noun.animal) house fly, musca domestica - common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases; Array is a kind of fly
is a member of genus musca, musca
CIDE DICTIONARY
housefly, n.
common fly (Musca domestica ) that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
housefly, n. any fly of the family Muscidae, esp. Musca domestica, breeding in decaying organic matter and often entering houses.
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