tsetse fly
any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, that act as a vector of sleeping sickness and other trypanosome infections of humans and domestic animals.
Origin of tsetse fly
1- Also called tsetse, tzetze, glossina .
- Also tzetze fly .
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How to use tsetse fly in a sentence
They were bitten by pismires an inch long, and by the unmerciful tzetze fly.
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British Dictionary definitions for tsetse fly
tzetze fly
/ (ˈtsɛtsɪ) /
any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus Glossina, which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family Muscidae
Origin of tsetse fly
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for tsetse fly
[ tsĕt′sē ]
Any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, two species of which (G. palpalis and G. morsitans) often carry and transmit trypanosomes, the protozoans that cause sleeping sickness.
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