housefly

Meaning

1. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.
2. Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

Synonyms

fly

✈️

house fly

Musca domestica

blowfly

house-fly

Translations

Stubenfliege

mouche

🪰

vlieg

✈️

mouche domestique

mosca

✈️

mosca

✈️

karasinek

musca

🪰

mosca común

Musca domestica

huisvlieg

sinek

🪰

mosca doméstica

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: huisvlieg

Cognate with Danish: husflue

Cognate with Swedish: husfluga

Cognate with Faroese: húsfluga

In summary

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