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# housefly

noun (a housefly, houseflies)

«housefly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A common small grey fly that lives near people and buzzes around houses, food and rubbish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on insects, life cycles (egg, larva or maggot, pupa, adult) and hygiene: houseflies can spread germs onto food. Phrases: swat a housefly, cover the food.

### Examples

- A housefly landed on my sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x1)
- Houseflies spread germs, so cover your food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x2)
- A housefly has two wings and six legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x3)
- Maggots grow into houseflies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x4)
- The housefly buzzed against the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x5)
- A housefly tastes with its feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/#x6)

### Note

Plural houseflies (y to ies). Also written house fly. Like all insects it has six legs and three body parts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «housefly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/housefly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«housefly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/housefly.html) on Mova free.