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What does housefly mean?

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Noun
  1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
    1. The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.
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Australia is host to around 200 species of flies, with the major pests being the common housefly and bush fly.
They recalled the British housefly, only they were much larger, and extremely pugnacious.
An inch-objective will show the head of an housefly, which in a bright light is a very beautiful object.
Shall I ever again sit for two mortal hours hearing a housefly buzz in the window and thinking it a pleasant voice!
It resembles a housefly, but has a stiletto-like mouthpart extending straight outwards, which it uses for sucking blood.
There is the housefly, the lesser cabbage white butterfly, and one or two other little things.

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