GENUS MUSCA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies

Synonyms:

genus Musca; Musca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Musca" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Musca"):

house fly; housefly; Musca domestica (common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases)

Holonyms ("genus Musca" is a member of...):

family Muscidae; Muscidae (two-winged flies especially the housefly)