MUSCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Musca mean? 

• MUSCA (noun)
  The noun MUSCA has 2 senses:

1. a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon

2. type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies

  Familiarity information: MUSCA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Musca; Musca

Hypernyms ("Musca" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Musca"):

house fly; housefly; Musca domestica (common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases)

Holonyms ("Musca" is a member of...):

family Muscidae; Muscidae (two-winged flies especially the housefly)