HOUSEFLY

Housefly

The housefly, Musca domestica, is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 91% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world. It is considered a pest that can carry serious diseases.

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housefly

Noun

  1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
    1. The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.


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