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There are 3 syllables in the word housefly.

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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

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