genus musca

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   type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies

   SynonymsMusca

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofMuscidae

Questions about genus musca

What does genus musca mean?

genus musca means "type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies".

What is another word for genus musca?

Close synonyms include Musca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus musca a common word?

genus musca is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.