1) Constellation 2) Constellation, Fly 3) Fly constellation
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Musca (fly) is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius. The first...
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[Chinese astronomy] The modern constellation Musca is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit m...
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[genus] Musca is a genus of flies. It includes Musca domestica (the common housefly), as well as Musca autumnalis (the face fly or autumn housefly). It is part of the family Muscidae. ...
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• (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. • (n.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species.
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(abbr. Mus, gen. Muscae) The Fly (originally called Apis, the Bee, by Bayer); a small constellation of the south circumpolar region, lying south of Crux (in fact, part of the Coalsack extends from Crux into Musca). See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars and...
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English name: The Fly. Genitive name: Muscae. Visibility: Never visible from the UK. See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
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Origin: L, a fly. ... 1. <zoology> A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. ... Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus Musca. ... 2. <astronomy> A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole. Muscae volitantes . [L, flying flies. ... ...
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(mus´kә) a genus of flies, including the common housefly, M. domes´tica.
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(mus´kә) fly. muscae volitantes specks seen as floating before the eyes.
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Mus'ca noun ;
plural Muscæ . [ Latin , a fly.]
1. (Zoology) A genus of dipterous insects, including the common house fly, and numerous allied species. » Formerly, a large part of the Diptera were included under the genus
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mŭs′kă Definitions: 1. A genus of flies (family Muscidae, order Diptera) that includes the common housefly, Musca domestica, a species universally associated with humans, particularly under unsanitary conditions; it breeds in filth and organic waste, and is involved in the mechanical transfer of numerous pa...
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n] - a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon 2. [n] - type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
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genus Musca noun type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies
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the Fly, a small southern constellation between Crux and Chamaeleon.
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