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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

mus•ca vol•i•tans pl. mus•cae vol•i•tan•tes [Ophthalm.]

Ophthalmologyfloater (def. 6).

Neo-Latin; Latin: fly flying about

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