English Explanatory Dictionary

musca volitans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. floater (threadlike speck in the visual field)

Word forms

musca volitans muscae volitantes

Etymology

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

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