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house⋅fly

  [hous-flahy]
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–noun, plural -flies.
a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
Also, house fly.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see house, fly 2
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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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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