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Muscoidea

noun

two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

• Syn: ↑superfamily Muscoidea

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera

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\\ˌməˈskȯidēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Musca + -oidea

: a superfamily of two-winged flies (suborder Brachycera) including the houseflies and many related flies (as of the families Muscidae, Gasterophilidae, Calliphoridae, Tachinidae) that have the head freely movable and the abdomen usually oval and bristly

Useful english dictionary. 2012.