housefly
or house fly
a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
Origin of housefly
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How to use housefly in a sentence
Recently I watched a common house fly caught upon "fly paper," and studied intently every visible movement of it.
Tyranny of God | Joseph LewisAnother rather recent addition to the black list is the house fly or typhoid fly.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThere were no insects, except one kind of fly about one-fourth the size of the common house-fly.
Wanderings in South America | Charles WatertonA larger species T. giganteum Riley, also attacks locusts, while a third species attacks the common House-fly.
Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects | C. V. RileyThis fly is very like the common house-fly in general appearance, though its body is rather smaller.
The Sea Shore | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for housefly
/ (ˈhaʊsˌflaɪ) /
a common dipterous fly, Musca domestica, that frequents human habitations, spreads disease, and lays its eggs in carrion, decaying vegetables, etc: family Muscidae
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