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muscoid

muscoid noun: any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.

Noun

muscoid (plural muscoids)

  1. Any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
  2. (broadly) Any fly in the section Schizophora.

Adjective

muscoid (comparative more muscoid, superlative most muscoid)

  1. Resembling moss.

Forms of muscoid

Noun
pluralmuscoids
Adjective
comparativemore muscoid
superlativemost muscoid

Origin of muscoid

Latin musca (“fly”)

muscus (“moss”) + -oid

Questions about muscoid

What does muscoid mean?
Muscoid means any fly in the superfamily Muscoidea.
What part of speech is muscoid?
Muscoid can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of muscoid?
The plural of muscoid is muscoids.

Words near muscoid in the dictionary

  1. muscly
  2. Musco
  3. Muscogee
  4. Muscogee County
  5. Muscogees
  6. muscoid
  7. muscoids
  8. muscologic
  9. muscological
  10. muscologist
  11. muscologists

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