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Complete Definition of "Musca"

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Translingual

Etymology
L. musca, "fly"

Proper noun
wikipedia|Housefly
Musca

  1. zoology: A zoological name at the rank of genus in the family Muscidae. The housefly belongs to the genus Musca.

wikispecies

See also
Muscidae
Muscinae

English
wikipedia

Etymology
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From L. musca, a "fly".

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. constellation An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly. It lies between the constellations of Carina and Apus.

Translations
trans-top|constellation
French: Mouche f
German: Fliege f
trans-mid
Polish: Mucha
Russian: ���а (mú�a) f
Spanish: Musca
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