| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HOUSEFLIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Health | Flies of the species Musca domestica (family muscidae), which infest human habitations throughout the world and often act as carriers of pathogenic organisms. (references) | ||
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