glossina

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

noun

1. tsetse fly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glossina¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from New Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; gloss-, -ina ²

Example Sentences

Here, we describe the sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina morsitans morsitans genome.

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Sequencing the genome of Glossina morsitans, one of several tsetse species, took a decade, partly because tsetses have highly unusual biology — among other traits, they are the only insects that nurse their young — and partly because of global health politics.

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Descriptions and drawings comparing with Glossina.

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In certain regions of Africa where a biting fly, the Glossina morsitans, occurs in large numbers, it has long been known that cattle bitten by these flies sickened and died, and this prevented the settling and use of the land.

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The fly Glossina palpalis which conveys the disease is a biting fly about the size of the common house fly and lives chiefly in the vicinity of water.

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