Housefly definition

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A common, widely distributed fly (Musca domestica) that frequents human dwellings, breeds in moist or decaying organic matter, and transmits a wide variety of diseases.
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A common, widely distributed fly (Musca domestica) that frequents human dwellings, breeds in moist or decaying organic matter, and transmits a wide variety of diseases.
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Any of a genus (Musca) of disease-carrying muscid flies found in and around houses, and feeding on garbage, manure, and food; esp., a common worldwide species (M. domestica)
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See also house fly.
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Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
  • The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
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Singular:
housefly
Plural:
houseflies

Origin of housefly

  • From house +‎ fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”).

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Housefly Sentence Examples

  • A female housefly can lay up to 600 eggs in her lifetime.

  • The lesser housefly is more tolerant of cooler conditions than the common housefly.

  • The gad-fly (abu), the housefly (hai), the mosquito (ka), the flea (nonzi) and occasionally the bedbug (called by the Japanese kara-mushi because it is believed to be imported from China), are all fully represented, and the dragon-fly (tombO) presents itself in immense numbers at certain seasons.

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