musca domestica

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Musca domestica
    n 1: common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads
         many diseases [syn: {housefly}, {house fly}, {Musca
         domestica}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

housefly \house"fly`\ n.
   1. common fly ({Musca domestica}) that frequents human
      habitations and spreads many diseases.

   Syn: {Musca domestica}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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