ˌməˈskȯidēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Musca + -oidea
: a superfamily of two-winged flies (suborder Brachycera) including the houseflies and many related flies (as of the families Muscidae, Gasterophilidae, Calliphoridae, Tachinidae) that have the head freely movable and the abdomen usually oval and bristly