Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The common fly, Musca domestica.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun common fly (
Musca domestica ) that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
common fly , of thespecies Musca domestica that occurs in mosthomes ; it can spread somediseases .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
- noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Etymologies
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Examples
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This preserved housefly is sporting a pair of two-millimeter-wide eyeglasses, engineered with ultra-precise fast-pulse laser technology.
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This preserved housefly is sporting a pair of two-millimeter-wide eyeglasses, engineered with ultra-precise fast-pulse laser technology.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Generally speaking the housefly is very susceptible to DDT; unfortunately some fairly resistant species of fly have lately been observed.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948 - Presentation Speech 1964
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One memory that returned with the persistence of a housefly was my recollection of the promise I had made to Grandmere Catherine should anything bad happen to her.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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One memory that returned with the persistence of a housefly was my recollection of the promise I had made to Grandmere Catherine should anything bad happen to her.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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One memory that returned with the persistence of a housefly was my recollection of the promise I had made to Grandmere Catherine should anything bad happen to her.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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One memory that returned with the persistence of a housefly was my recollection of the promise I had made to Grandmere Catherine should anything bad happen to her.
Ruby V.C.Andrews 1994
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The housefly is the Ferrari of the insect world and can change course in as little as 30 thousandths of a second.
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Creepy animals are only too plentiful, the most objectionable at present is the common housefly which is a perfect plague.
The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" George Davidson
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Well the North Koreans got two out of three correct, but they forgot to add that she is a windbag who is about as threatening as a housefly.
North Korea: Clinton 'funny lady, by no means intelligent' 2009
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