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housefly.

Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

  2. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.

Where this word comes from

From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.