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Translingual
Musca domestica
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin musca ( “ a fly ” ) .
Proper noun
Musca f
A taxonomic genus within the family Muscidae – some flies , including houseflies .
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
( genus ) : Musca domestica (common housefly ) – type species; Musca aethiops , Musca afra , Musca albina , Musca alpesa , Musca amita , Musca asiatica , Musca autumnalis (face fly ), Musca bakeri , Musca bezzii , Musca biseta , Musca cadaverum , Musca calleva , Musca callvea , Musca capensis , Musca cassara , Musca conducens , Musca confiscata , Musca convexifrons , Musca craggi , Musca crassirostris , Musca curviforceps , Musca dasyops , Musca elatior , Musca emdeni , Musca ethiopica , Musca fergusoni , Musca fletcheri , Musca formosana , Musca freedmani , Musca gabonensis , Musca heidiae , Musca hervei , Musca hugonis , Musca illingworthi , Musca inferior , Musca intermedia , Musca larvipara , Musca lasiopa , Musca lasiophthalma , Musca liberia , Musca lindneri , Musca lothari , Musca lucidula , Musca lusoria , Musca mactans , Musca malaisei , Musca mallochi , Musca meruensis , Musca munroi , Musca negriabdomina , Musca nevilli , Musca osiris , Musca patersoni , Musca pattoni , Musca pilifacies , Musca planiceps , Musca pseudocorvina , Musca ruralis , Musca santoshi , Musca seniorwhitei , Musca setulosa , Musca somalorum , Musca sorbens , Musca spangleri , Musca splendens , Musca stabulans , Musca striatacta , Musca suecica , Musca tahitiensis , Musca tempestatum , Musca tempestiva , Musca terraereginae , Musca tibetana , Musca transvaalensis , Musca ugandae , Musca ventrosa , Musca vetustissima , Musca vilis , Musca villeneuvii , Musca vitripennis , Musca wittweri , Musca xanthomelas – other species
References
English
Constellation map featuring Musca, centre
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin musca ( “ a fly ” ) . Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman , between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche .
Proper noun
Musca
( astronomy ) An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly , between the constellations of Carina and Apus .
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Romanian
Etymology
From muscă .
Proper noun
Musca m (genitive/dative lui Musca )
a surname
References
Iordan, Iorgu (1983 ) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești , Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică