musca

[Lat.=a fly.] 1. Astron.: The Bee; one of Lacaille's revised southern constellations, called by Bayer Apis. It is situated between Crux and the South Pole. No star in it is above the fourth magnitude. 2. Entom .: Fly; the typical genus of the family Muscide. Musca domestic a is the common Housefly; M. carnaria , the Flesh-fly; M. vomitoria and erythrocephala, Blue-bottle or Blow-flies; M. cæsar and M. cornicina , Green-bottle flies, .