musca

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun musca has 2 senses

musca(n = noun.object) - a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon;

is a kind of

constellation

musca(n = noun.animal) genus musca - type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies;

is a kind of arthropod genus

is a member of family muscidae, muscidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

musca, prop. n. [L., a fly.].

A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. [1913 Webster]
" Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca." [1913 Webster]
A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. [1913 Webster]

∥Muscæ volitantes (. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system.