musca

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	house fly, housefly, musca domestica,
definition	:	common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family muscidae, muscidae,
definition	:	two-winged flies especially the housefly (noun.animal)

2. a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	constellation,
definition	:	a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object)