HOUSEFLY


Meaning of HOUSEFLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhau̇s-ˌflī ]

noun

Date: 15th century

: a cosmopolitan dipteran fly ( Musca domestica ) that is often about human habitations and may act as a mechanical vector of diseases (as typhoid fever) ; also : any of various flies of similar appearance or habitat

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.