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Meanings of Musca in English

Russian
настоящие мухи
Portuguese
musca
Spanish
musca
Catalan
musca
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Insect genus.

        Related terms
        настоящие мухи
        Portuguese
        musca
        Catalan
        genus musca
        Spanish
        género musca

        Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies.

              musca
              Synonyms
              Examples for "housefly"
              Examples for "housefly"
              1
              We'd almost rather have the common housefly spread germs than slogans.
              The new yorker
              2
              Dear Blades,- Isendyou an example of the 'enemy'-mosityof an ordinary housefly.
              The Enemies of Books
              3
              I've got the peripheral vision of a housefly and two handguns to work with.'
              Sign of the cross
              4
              WAIFE.-Beingyourself a man, you think so: a housefly might be of a different opinion.
              What Will He Do with It? — Volume 05
              5
              Security was so tight, not even a housefly got into the estate grounds without a permit.
              Mistress of the game
              Usage of Musca in English
              1
              The bank said it would submit Musca's nomination to a July 17 board meeting.
              Reuters
              2
              People with the talent of Xavier Musca and Emmanuel Moulin: Hollande will pick people like that, said one of his close advisers.
              Reuters
              3
              Whoever wins in May, Musca is expected to depart as sources in the Sarkozy camp say he is tired and wants a change.
              Reuters
              4
              Musca served as chief of staff of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
              Reuters
              5
              MUSCA] A figurative expression, meaning 'the slightest sign'.
              Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles
              6
              D'Aguanno gives an account of two instances of living larvae of the musca sarcophaga in the ears of children.
              Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
              7
              "The Anatomy and Physiology of the Blow-fly (Musca vomitaria L.)," by B.T.
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