muscoid

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noun

Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.

OriginLatin musca →
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Meanings

muscoid1

nounmuscoid (plural muscoids)

plural muscoids

  1. biologyAny fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
  2. broadlyAny fly in the section Schizophora.

muscoid2

adjectivemuscoid (comparative more muscoid, superlative most muscoid)

comparative more muscoid · superlative most muscoid

  1. biologyResembling moss.

Origin

muscoid · noun

  1. Latinmusca“fly”
  2. Englishmuscoid

Latin musca (“fly”)

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muscoid · adjective

muscus (“moss”) + -oid

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Chicago

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