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HOUSE FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does house fly mean?
• HOUSE FLY (noun)
The noun HOUSE FLY has 1 sense:
1. common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Familiarity information: HOUSE FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
house fly; housefly; Musca domestica
Hypernyms ("house fly" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("house fly" is a member of...):
genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)
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