Usage Note
Supermosca is a boxing (and combat-sport) weight class, the peso supermosca sitting between peso mosca ('flyweight') and peso gallo ('bantamweight'), roughly 112-115 lb. It is built on mosca, which gives boxing its 'fly' weights, and like mosca it is feminine when standing alone but pairs with the masculine peso in peso supermosca. Outside sport the word is not in general use.
Examples
"Ganó el título mundial de peso supermosca."
Natural Translation
He won the super flyweight world title.
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