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Musca

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

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin musca (a fly).

Proper noun

Musca f

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

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English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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

Etymology

From muscă.

Proper noun

Musca m (genitive/dative lui Musca)

  1. a surname

References

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

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