English Dictionary

housefly

noun

Any fly regularly found in human dwellings. / The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.

I saw a housefly buzzing around the kitchen.

意味（1）

Any fly regularly found in human dwellings.

意味（2）

The common housefly, Musca domestica, that frequents most homes and spreads some diseases.

Of the three potential means (carriage on the body and legs, regurgitation and defecation) by which houseflies can transmit pathogens, one involves passage through the gut. During passage through the housefly, pathogens may replicate within the gut.