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class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#Translations"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Translations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=housefly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Common_house_fly,_Musca_domestica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg/220px-Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg/330px-Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg/440px-Common_house_fly%2C_Musca_domestica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2372" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>A housefly <i>Musca domestica</i></figcaption></figure> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/housefly" class="extiw" title="w:housefly">housefly</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/housefly" class="extiw" title="w:housefly">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"><div class="interproject-box sister-wikispecies sister-project noprint floatright"> <div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikispecies-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/50px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/75px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Wikispecies-logo.svg/100px-Wikispecies-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="1103" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="margin-left: 60px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" class="extiw" title="w:Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a> has information on: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><i><b><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Musca_domestica" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Musca domestica">Musca domestica</a></b></i></div> </div></div> <p><span class="interProject"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Musca_domestica" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Musca domestica">Wikispecies <sup></sup></a></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=housefly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/house_fly#English" class="mw-redirect" title="house fly">house fly</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/house-fly#English" class="mw-redirect" title="house-fly">house-fly</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=housefly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/house#English" title="house">house</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fly#English" title="fly">fly</a></i>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_language" class="extiw" title="w:Dutch language">Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=huisvlieg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="huisvlieg (page does not exist)">huisvlieg</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">housefly</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=husflue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="husflue (page does not exist)">husflue</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">housefly</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Swedish language">Swedish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/husfluga#Swedish" title="husfluga">husfluga</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">housefly</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Faroese language">Faroese</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%BAsfluga#Faroese" title="húsfluga">húsfluga</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">housefly</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=housefly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">housefly</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/houseflies#English" title="houseflies">houseflies</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>Any <a href="/wiki/fly" title="fly">fly</a> regularly found in human dwellings. <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_Q166111">The <a href="/w/index.php?title=common_housefly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="common housefly (page does not exist)">common housefly</a>, <span class="biota"><a href="/wiki/Musca_domestica#Translingual" title="Musca domestica"><i>Musca domestica</i></a></span>, that frequents most <a href="/wiki/home" title="home">homes</a> and spreads some <a href="/wiki/disease" title="disease">diseases</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1990</b></span>, D. C. Kaslow, S. Welburn, “16: Insect-transmitted pathogens in the insect midgut”, in M. Lehane, P. Billingsley, editors, <cite>Biology of the Insect Midgut</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AcFPDuUzE5kC&pg=PA454&dq=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fSZEUsKnMczxiAfgn4BQ&ved=0CK4BEOgBMBk#v=onepage&q=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">454</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Of the three potential means (carriage on the body and legs, regurgitation and defecation) by which <b>houseflies</b> can transmit pathogens, one involves passage through the gut. During passage through the <b>housefly</b>, pathogens may replicate within the gut.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2004</b></span>, R. Jurenka, “Insect Pheromone Biosynthesis”, in Stefan Schulz, editor, <cite>The Chemistry of Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals I</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=T1HrVzhjB8MC&pg=PA123&dq=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fSZEUsKnMczxiAfgn4BQ&ved=0CHQQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">123</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In the <b>housefly</b>, <i>M. domestica</i>, sex pheromone production is correlated with egg development.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, Ross Piper, <cite>Pests: A Guide to the World's Most Maligned, Yet Misunderstood Creatures</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=wRDIOhoQR68C&pg=PA102&dq=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fSZEUsKnMczxiAfgn4BQ&ved=0CJcBEOgBMBU#v=onepage&q=%22housefly%22%7C%22houseflies%22&f=false">page <span class="None" lang="und">102</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>Houseflies</b> are known to carry at least 100 different pathogens and they are vectors for at least 65 of these.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=housefly&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-fly"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">fly</div><div class="NavContent"><table 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<span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=otaq_mil%C3%A7%C9%99yi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="otaq milçəyi (page does not exist)">otaq milçəyi</a></span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=etxe-euli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="etxe-euli (page does not exist)">etxe-euli</a></span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mosca_comuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mosca comuna (page does not exist)">mosca comuna</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Cebuano: <span class="Latn" lang="ceb"><a href="/wiki/langaw#Cebuano" title="langaw">langaw</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E8%A0%85#Mandarin" title="家蠅">家蠅</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E8%9D%87#Mandarin" title="家蝇">家蝇</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E8%A0%85" class="extiw" title="zh:家蠅">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">jiāyíng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/w/index.php?title=moucha_dom%C3%A1c%C3%AD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="moucha domácí (page does not exist)">moucha domácí</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=huisvlieg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="huisvlieg (page does not exist)">huisvlieg</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/huisvlieg" class="extiw" title="nl:huisvlieg">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/w/index.php?title=harilik_toak%C3%A4rbes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="harilik toakärbes (page does not exist)">harilik toakärbes</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/harilik_toak%C3%A4rbes" class="extiw" title="et:harilik toakärbes">(et)</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%BAsfluga#Faroese" title="húsfluga">húsfluga</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%BAfluga#Faroese" title="búfluga">búfluga</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/huonek%C3%A4rp%C3%A4nen#Finnish" title="huonekärpänen">huonekärpänen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/huonek%C3%A4rp%C3%A4nen" class="extiw" title="fi:huonekärpänen">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mouche_domestique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mouche domestique (page does not exist)">mouche domestique</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mouche_domestique" class="extiw" title="fr:mouche domestique">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Stubenfliege#German" title="Stubenfliege">Stubenfliege</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stubenfliege" class="extiw" title="de:Stubenfliege">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <dl><dd>Alemannic German: <span class="Latn" lang="gsw"><a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%BC%C3%BCge#Alemannic_German" title="Flüüge">Flüüge</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hiligaynon: <span class="Latn" lang="hil"><a href="/wiki/langaw#Hiligaynon" title="langaw">langaw</a></span></li> <li>Inuktitut: <span class="Cans" lang="iu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%91%8E%E1%92%BB%E1%92%A5%E1%95%97%E1%96%85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ᑎᒻᒥᕗᖅ (page does not exist)">ᑎᒻᒥᕗᖅ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="iu-Latn" class="tr Latn">timmifoq</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mosca_domestica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mosca domestica (page does not exist)">mosca domestica</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E8%9D%BF#Japanese" title="家蝿">家蝿</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E8%9D%BF" class="extiw" title="ja:家蝿">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">いえばえ, iebae</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kinaray-a: <span class="Latn" lang="krj"><a href="/wiki/langaw#Kinaray-a" title="langaw">langaw</a></span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%A7%91%ED%8C%8C%EB%A6%AC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="집파리 (page does not exist)">집파리</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%A7%91%ED%8C%8C%EB%A6%AC" class="extiw" title="ko:집파리">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">jip'pari</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Musca_Domestica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Musca Domestica (page does not exist)">Musca Domestica</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Malayalam: <span class="Mlym" lang="ml"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B4%88%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A#Malayalam" title="ഈച്ച">ഈച്ച</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%88%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A" class="extiw" title="ml:ഈച്ച">(ml)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ml-Latn" class="tr Latn">īcca</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ngaro_huka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ngaro huka (page does not exist)">ngaro huka</a></span></li> <li>Navajo: <span class="Latn" lang="nv"><a href="/wiki/ts%C3%A9%CA%BC%C3%A9d%C7%AB%CC%81%CA%BCii#Navajo" title="tséʼédǫ́ʼii">tséʼédǫ́ʼii</a></span></li> <li>Norman: <span class="Latn" lang="nrf"><a href="/wiki/mo%C3%BBque_d%C3%A9_tchu%C3%AEsinne#Norman" title="moûque dé tchuîsinne">moûque dé tchuîsinne</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Ottoman Turkish: <span class="Arab ota-Arab" lang="ota"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%83%D9%83#Ottoman_Turkish" title="قره سیكك">قره سیڭك</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ota-Latn" class="tr Latn">kara siñek</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mucha_domowa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mucha domowa (page does not exist)">mucha domowa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/mucha_domowa" class="extiw" title="pl:mucha domowa">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/mosca_dom%C3%A9stica#Portuguese" title="mosca doméstica">mosca doméstica</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=musc%C4%83_de_cas%C4%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="muscă de casă (page does not exist)">muscă de casă</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0#Russian" title="комнатная муха">ко́мнатная му́ха</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0" class="extiw" title="ru:комнатная муха">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">kómnatnaja múxa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Shona: <span class="Latn" lang="sn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=nhunzi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="nhunzi (page does not exist)">nhunzi</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mosca_dom%C3%A9stica#Spanish" title="mosca doméstica">mosca doméstica</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=mosca_com%C3%BAn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="mosca común (page does not exist)">mosca común</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/husfluga#Swedish" title="husfluga">husfluga</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/langaw#Tagalog" title="langaw">langaw</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/karasinek#Turkish" title="karasinek">karasinek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/karasinek" class="extiw" title="tr:karasinek">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ru%E1%BB%93i_nh%C3%A0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ruồi nhà (page does not exist)">ruồi nhà</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pryf_t%C5%B7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pryf tŷ (page does not exist)">pryf tŷ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pry_ffenestr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pry ffenestr (page does not exist)">pry ffenestr</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=cleren_tai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="cleren tai (page does not exist)">cleren tai</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr 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