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musca
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun musca has 2 senses
- musca(n = noun.object) Array - a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon; Array is a kind of constellation
- musca(n = noun.animal) genus musca - type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies; Array is a kind of arthropod genus
is a member of family muscidae, muscidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
musca, prop. n. [L., a fly.].
- A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. [1913 Webster]" Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus
Musca ." [1913 Webster] - A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. [1913 Webster]
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