The Collaborative International Dictionary
Musca domestica
housefly \house"fly`\ n. 1. common fly ( Musca domestica) that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
Syn: Musca domestica.
Usage examples of "musca domestica".
The female Musca domestica, or common housefly, typically lays 600-1,000 eggs in the course of her roughly two-month lifetime, most of which grow to maturity in 10-12 days, upon which they can set about raising little maggots of their own.