Definitions
common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
Word origin
From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).
Used in a sentence
“In the housefly, M. domestica, sex pheromone production is correlated with egg development.”
“Houseflies are known to carry at least 100 different pathogens and they are vectors for at least 65 of these.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Common indoor insect”8 letters
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