muscid

[ muhs-id ]

adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the Muscidae, the family of dipterous insects that includes the common housefly.

noun
  1. any muscid fly.

Origin of muscid

1
First recorded in 1890–95, muscid is from the New Latin word Muscidae name of the family. See Musca, -id2

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muscid

/ (ˈmʌsɪd) /


noun
  1. any fly of the dipterous family Muscidae, including the housefly and tsetse fly

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Muscidae

Origin of muscid

1
C19: via New Latin from Latin musca fly

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