Muscid
/ˈmʌsɪd/noun
Of or relating to the fly family Muscidae, which includes the housefly.
Did you know?The same Latin fly-root appears in Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric mushroom, named because its juice was traditionally used to attract or kill flies.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mus-
“A reconstructed root associated with a fly or other small flying insect”
Ancient Greek
Greek
μυῖα (myia)
“Fly”
Classical Latin
Latin
musca
“Fly”
18th Century
New Latin
Muscidae
“The taxonomic family of true flies containing the housefly”
19th Century
English
muscid
“Relating to the family Muscidae”
Modern English
English
muscid
“A scientific adjective or noun referring to a muscid fly”