musca : Idioms & Phrases
genus musca
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noun type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
Musca.
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musca domestica
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noun common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
house fly; housefly.
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musca volitans
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noun spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
floater; spots; muscae volitantes.
- floaters seem to drift through the field of vision
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Muscæ volitantes
L., flying flies. (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or glinding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.