2) housefly. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...housefly, common name of the fly Musca domestica, found in most parts of the world. The housefly, a scavenger, does not bite living animals but is dangerous because...

3) Circinus. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe. Latin circinus, pair of compasses, from circus, circle. See circle....

4) Apus. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Pavo. Latin aps, a kind of swallow, from Greek apous, without feet, sand martin : a-, without; see a-1 +...

5) housefly. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A common, widely distributed fly (Musca domestica) that frequents human dwellings, breeds in moist or decaying organic matter, and transmits a wide variety of diseases....

6) muscid. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...housefly. Of or belonging to the family Muscidae. From New Latin Muscidae, family name, from Musca, type genus, from Latin musca, fly....

7) Southern Cross. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Centaurus and Musca. Also called Crux....

8) muscarine. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...C9H20NO2, related to the cholines, derived from the red form of the mushroom Amanita muscaria and found in decaying animal tissue. New Latin muscria, specific epithet...

9) mosquito. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Note at possum. Spanish and Portuguese, from diminutive of mosca, fly, from Latin musca. Flies will never be popular creatures, in spite or because of their omnipresence....

10) musket. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...from moschetta, little fly, bolt of a crossbow, diminutive of mosca, fly, from Latin musca....