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tzetze fly

American  
[tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee-] / ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˌti- /

noun

  1. tsetse fly.

tzetze fly British  
/ ˈtsɛtsɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of tsetse fly

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We have been particularly fortunate in seeing nothing of the tzetze fly.

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They were bitten by pismires an inch long, and by the unmerciful tzetze fly.

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