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musca


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Musca  \Mus"ca\,  n.;  pl  {Musc[ae]}.  [L.,  a  fly.] 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  genus  of  dipterous  insects,  including  the 
  common  house  fly,  and  numerous  allied  species. 
 
  Note:  Formerly,  a  large  part  of  the  Diptera  were  included 
  under  the  genus  {Musca}. 
 
  2.  (Astron.)  A  small  constellation  situated  between  the 
  Southern  Cross  and  the  Pole. 
 
  {Musc[ae]  volitantes}.  [L.,  flying  flies.]  (Med.)  Specks  or 
  filaments  apparently  seen  moving  or  glinding  about  in  the 
  field  of  vision.  Their  appearance  is  often  a  symptom  of 
  disease  of  the  eye,  or  of  disorder  of  the  nervous  system. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Musca 
  n  :  type  genus  of  the  Muscidae:  houseflies  [syn:  {Musca},  {genus 
  Musca}] 




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