musca volitans

[ muhs-kuh -vol-i-tanz ]

/ ˈmʌs kə ˈvɒl ɪˌtænz /

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noun, plural mus·cae vol·i·tan·tes

[muhs-kee -vol-i-tan-teez, muhs-ee]. /ˈmʌs ki ˌvɒl ɪˈtæn tiz, ˈmʌs i/. Ophthalmology.

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Origin of musca volitans

<New Latin; Latin: fly flying about

Its very name, too (Musca domestica), seemed a mockery, dwelling as it did in that vast solitude.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461|Various
The Ox Fly (Musca bovina), a near relation of the house fly, is also very common.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
The Anthomyides resemble the genus Musca very closely in their habits as well as in their organisation.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
A fly (Musca domestica) lit on the pane and the pseudoscorpion caught its legs and clung while the fly crawled about.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology: Volume 6, Number 4, December 1914|Various

Just then a large fly, of the genus Musca, made its appearance, and soon became aware of the presence of the scorpion.
The Romance of Natural History, Second Series|Philip Henry Gosse