House fly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
    Musca domestica; housefly.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a common fly (esp. Musca domestica), which infests houses both in Europe and America. Its larva is a maggot which lives in decaying substances or excrement, about sink drains, etc.

Webster 1913