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CPO | Corel Print House File | |
IYH | In Your House | |
HOB | House Of Blues | |
HSE | House | |
HB | House Bill | |
HR | House of Representatives | |
WH | White House | |
ACH | Automated Clearing House | |
IH | In House | |
HR | House Resolution | |
HOP | House Of Pain | |
RMHC | Ronald McDonald House Charities | |
OH | Open House | |
CH | Court House | |
HCR | House Concurrent Resolution | |
HJ | House Journal | |
CH | Council House | |
TOH | This Old House | |
HL | House of Lords | |
HF | House File | |
PH | Public House | |
IHOP | International House Of Pancakes | |
IHOP | International House Of Pancakes | |
TOH | This Old House | |
ROH | Royal Opera House |
What does house-fly mean?
- house-fly
- The housefly (Musca domestica) is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is believed to have evolved in the Cenozoic Era, possibly in the Middle East, and has spread all over the world as a commensal of humans. It is the most common fly species found in houses. Adults are gray to black, with four dark, longitudinal lines on the thorax, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings. They have red eyes, set farther apart in the slightly larger female. The female housefly usually mates only once and stores the sperm for later use. She lays batches of about 100 eggs on decaying organic matter such as food waste, carrion, or feces. These soon hatch into legless white larvae, known as maggots. After two to five days of development, these metamorphose into reddish-brown pupae, about 8 millimetres (3⁄8 inch) long. Adult flies normally live for two to four weeks, but can hibernate during the winter. The adults feed on a variety of liquid or semi-liquid substances, as well as solid materials which have been softened by their saliva. They can carry pathogens on their bodies and in their feces, contaminate food, and contribute to the transfer of food-borne illnesses, while, in numbers, they can be physically annoying. For these reasons, they are considered pests. Houseflies have been used in the laboratory in research into aging and sex determination. Houseflies appear in literature from Ancient Greek myth and Aesop's The Impertinent Insect onwards. Authors sometimes choose the housefly to speak of the brevity of life, as in William Blake's 1794 poem "The Fly", which deals with mortality subject to uncontrollable circumstances.
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