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housefly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
house-fly
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

noun

Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).

Inflected Forms

houseflies (plural) house fly (alternative) house-fly (alternative)

Synonyms

house fly musca domestica

Questions

What does housefly mean?
Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
Where does housefly come from?
From house + fly. Cognate with Dutch huisvlieg (“housefly”), Danish husflue (“housefly”), Swedish husfluga (“housefly”), Faroese húsfluga (“housefly”).

How to pronounce housefly

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