Muscoid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
  2. 2
    Any fly in the section Schizophora. broadly
Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling moss.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Latin musca (“fly”)

Etymology 2

muscus (“moss”) + -oid

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