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GENUS MUSCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Musca mean?
• GENUS MUSCA (noun)
The noun GENUS MUSCA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
Familiarity information: GENUS MUSCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Musca; Musca
Hypernyms ("genus Musca" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Musca"):
house fly; housefly; Musca domestica (common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases)
Holonyms ("genus Musca" is a member of...):
family Muscidae; Muscidae (two-winged flies especially the housefly)
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