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musca volitans

musca volitans noun: floater (threadlike speck in the visual field).

Noun

musca volitans (plural muscae volitantes)

  1. floater (threadlike speck in the visual field)

Forms of musca volitans

pluralmuscae volitantes

Origin of musca volitans

From a Latin phrase meaning "a fly (musca) flying around (volitans)".

Questions about musca volitans

What does musca volitans mean?
Musca volitans means floater (threadlike speck in the visual field).
What part of speech is musca volitans?
Musca volitans is a noun.
What is the plural of musca volitans?
The plural of musca volitans is muscae volitantes.

Words near musca volitans in the dictionary

  1. Musas
  2. Musashino
  3. Musbach
  4. Musbachs
  5. musca
  6. musca volitans
  7. muscadel
  8. muscadels
  9. muscadet
  10. muscadets
  11. muscadin

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