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Housefly

Meaning

Noun

In Muscoid flies:
  • Any
    found in human dwellings.
  • The common
    , Musca domestica, that
    most
    and
    some diseases.
  • Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    housefly
    English
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    fly
    English
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    flien
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    fleogan
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    house
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    hous
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    Etym
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