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How to pronounce housefly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms house fly, musca domestica
Type of fly

Examples of housefly

housefly
A common housefly, yes, but more important, it's the proverbial fly on the wall.
From the newsday.com
An insect, about the size of a housefly, laid its eggs on the belly of a mosquito.
From the dailyherald.com
Here he has for company Louie, a neighbor's dog, and an occasional housefly.
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Connor Colombo, 11, a fifth-grader, studies an enlarged image of a housefly.
From the post-gazette.com
However, Grand Qur'an informs us that we will never be able to recover it from housefly.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The adults are brownish-gray and slightly smaller than a housefly.
From the dispatch.com
Now Navy Corpsman Joe Diclaro II is taking aim at the housefly.
From the timesunion.com
Unfortunately, by 1947 housefly resistance to DDT was documented.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A scientist's genes are mixed with those of a common housefly during a botched teleportation experiment.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases
  • The housefly (also house fly, house-fly or common housefly), Musca domestica, is a fly of the Brachycera suborder. ...
  • The common fly, of the species Musca domestica that occurs in most homes; it can spread some diseases