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[hous-flahy] 
–noun, plural -flies.
| a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world. |
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| house·fly (hous'flī') n. 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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Main Entry: house·fly
Pronunciation: -"flI
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -flies
: a cosmopolitan dipteran fly of the genusMusca (M. domestica) that is often found about human habitations and may act as a mechanical vector of diseases (as typhoid fever); also : any of various flies of similarappearance or habitat
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Language Translation for : housefly
Spanish:
mosca,
German:
die Stubenflieger,
Japanese:
家バエ
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