'Musca' definitions:
Definition of 'Musca'
From: WordNet
noun
A small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon
noun
Type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies [syn: Musca, genus Musca]
Definition of 'Musca'
From: GCIDE
- Musca \Mus"ca\, prop. n.; pl. Muscae. [L., a fly.]
- 1. (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Astron.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. [1913 Webster]
- Muscae volitantes. [L., flying flies.] (Med.) Specks or filaments apparently seen moving or gliding about in the field of vision. Their appearance is often a symptom of disease of the eye, or of disorder of the nervous system. [1913 Webster] Muscadel