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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.

From The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars by Henty, G.A.

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

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas

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