What does house fly mean?

house fly means "common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases".

What is another word for house fly?

Close synonyms include housefly, Musca domestica. 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 house fly a common word?

house fly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

House fly — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Synonymshousefly Musca domestica
Broaderfly
Part ofMusca

Questions about house fly

What does house fly mean?: house fly means "common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases".
What is another word for house fly?: Close synonyms include housefly, Musca domestica. 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.

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