housefly
nounHow many syllables in housefly?
There are 3 syllables in the word housefly.How to pronounce housefly:
Definition of housefly:
- housefly (noun):
- any of various flies of similar appearance or habitat
- noun. common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases.
- a cosmopolitan dipteran fly (musca domestica) that is often about human habitations and may act as a mechanical vector of diseases (such as typhoid fever)
Synonyms for housefly:
fly
house fly
musca
musca domestica
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