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Meanings of
housefly
in English
Portuguese
mosca doméstica
Catalan
mosca domèstica
Spanish
musca domestica
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Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
house fly
Musca domestica
Portuguese
mosca doméstica
Usage of
housefly
in English
1
We'd almost rather have the common
housefly
spread germs than slogans.
2
Dear Blades,- Isendyou an example of the 'enemy'-mosityof an ordinary
housefly
.
3
I've got the peripheral vision of a
housefly
and two handguns to work with.'
4
WAIFE.-Beingyourself a man, you think so: a
housefly
might be of a different opinion.
5
Security was so tight, not even a
housefly
got into the estate grounds without a permit.
6
A lonely
housefly
buzzed lazily above the scraps.
7
A
housefly
was perched on the end of the quill that was stuck in Hooke's ear.
8
They didn't care whether the
housefly
wiped his feet before he came into the house or not.
9
He wondered why anybody would be showing him a six-foot-high hologram of a
housefly
at this time.
10
Even a
housefly
can make him squirm.
11
The
housefly
's
tread with its tiny feet
12
They were insignificant in size and of a dark gray color, not unlike that of the
housefly
.
13
A trapped
housefly
was beating itself to death against the window, angry buzzing interrupted by hard taps.
14
Germán regards me as a young child might regard a
housefly
,
just before he pulls off its wings.
15
To put this in perspective, that's about equal to the weight of a
housefly
on your hand on Earth.
16
In the lab, tests showed that a yarn weighing less than a
housefly
could light up a small LED light.
Other examples for "housefly"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
housefly
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
common housefly
hear a housefly
lonely housefly
ordinary housefly
rheumatic housefly
More collocations
Translations for
housefly
Portuguese
mosca doméstica
mosca
mosca-doméstica
Catalan
mosca domèstica
mosca comuna
Spanish
musca domestica
Housefly
through the time