See also: MUSCA, musca, muscã, muscă, and mușca

Translingual

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Musca domestica

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin musca (a fly).

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Musca f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Muscidae – some flies, including the housefly.

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English

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Constellation map featuring Musca, centre
 
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Borrowed from Latin musca (a fly). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. Doublet of mouche.

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Musca

  1. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From muscă.

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Musca m (genitive/dative lui Musca)

  1. a surname

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  • Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică