glossina

[ glo-sahy-nuh, -see-, glaw- ]

/ glɒˈsaɪ nə, -ˈsi-, glɔ- /

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Origin of glossina

First recorded in 1885–90; from New Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; see origin at gloss-, -ina²

Words nearby glossina

glossator, glossectomy, glossematics, glosseme, glosser, glossina, glossitis, glossitis areata exfoliativa, glossmeter, glosso-, glossocele

How to use glossina in a sentence

The Glossina morsitans abounds on the banks of the African river, the Zambesi, frequenting the bushes and reeds that border it.
The Insect World|Louis Figuier
A few remarks on the Tsetse, or 'Glossina morsitans', may here be appropriate.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
This insect—the 'Glossina moritans' of the naturalists—deserves a special paragraph.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
For the Glossina morsitans sleeps by night beneath leaves in the bush, and only wakes when disturbed.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey

Kleine states that Glossina palpalis can no longer be regarded as the sole transmitter of sleeping sickness.
Handbook of Medical Entomology|William Albert Riley

Medical definitions for glossina

Glossina

[ glô-sī′nə ]

A genus of bloodsucking dipterous flies comprising the tsetse flies of tropical and subtropical Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African trypanosomiasis.