See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

FLY (formed on the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of the supposed See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• TENT

Tent. fleugan, to fly)  , a designation applied to the winged or perfect See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of many See also:

• INSECTS

insects belonging to various orders, as in butterfly (see See also:

• LEPIDOPTERA (Gr. ?emir, a scale or husk, and 7rrepov, a wing)

LEPIDOPTERA), See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon-See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly (q.v.), may-fly (q.v.), caddis-fly (q.v.), &c.; also specially employed by entomologists to mean any See also:

• SPECIES

species of the two-winged flies, or See also:

• DIPTERA (Sir, double, arepa, wings)

DIPTERA (q.v.) . In See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary parlance fly is often used in the sense of the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house-fly (Musca domestica); and by See also:

• ENGLISH

English colonists and sportsmen in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa in that of a species of tsetse-fly (Glossina), or a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (" See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt ") in which these insects abound (see TSETSE-FLY) . Apart from the house-fly proper (Musca domestica), which in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England is the usual one, several species of flies are commonly found in houses; e.g. the Stomoxys calcitrans, or See also:

• STABLE

stable-fly; Pollenia rudis, or cluster-fly; Muscina slabulans, another stable-fly; Calliphora erythrocephala, See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue-See also:

• BOTTLE (Fr. bouteille, from a diminutive of the Lat. butta, a flask; cf. Eng. " butt ")

bottle fly, See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow-fly or See also:

• MEAT

meat-fly, with smaller sorts of blue-bottle, Phormia terraenovae and Lucilia See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

caesar; Homalomyia canicularis and brevis, the small house-fly; Scenopinus fenestralis, the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black window-fly, &c . But Musca domestica is far the most numerous, and in many places, especially in hot See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather and in hot climates, is a See also:

• REGULAR

regular pest . Mr L . O . See also:

• HOWARD (FAMILY)
• HOWARD, CATHERINE (d. 1542)
• HOWARD, JOHN (1726-1790)
• HOWARD, LORD WILLIAM (1563–1640)
• HOWARD, OLIVER OTIS (1830-19o9)
• HOWARD, SIR ROBERT (1626–1698)

Howard (Circular 71 of the See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau of See also:

• ENTOMOLOGY (Gr. iv-roµa, insects, and Xiryos, a discourse)

Entomology U.S . Dept. of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture, See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1906) says that in 1900 he made a collection of the flies in dining-rooms in different parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, and out of a See also:

• TOTAL

total of 23,087 flies, 22,808 were the common house-fly . Its See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution is of the widest, and its rapidity of breeding, in manure and See also:

• DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

door-yard filth, so See also:

• GREAT

great that, as a See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

carrier of germs of disease, especially See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera and typhoid, the house-fly is now recognized as a potent source of danger; and various sanitary regulations have been made, or precautions suggested, for getting rid of it . These are discussed by Mr Howard in the See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper referred to, but in brief they all amount to See also:

• MEASURES

measures of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• HYGIENE (Fr. hygiene, from Gr. ir'taivety, to be healthy)

hygiene, and the See also:

• ISOLATION

isolation, prompt removal, or proper sterilization of the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal or human excrement in which these flies breed .