| tsetse fly n. Any of several two-winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock. [Afrikaans, from Sotho (Tswana) tsêtsê.] |
tsetse fly, tzetze fly [ˈtsɛtsɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus Glossina, which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family Muscidae
[via Afrikaans from Tswana]
tsetse fly (ts t s ) 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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| Noun | 1. |  tsetse fly - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight genus Glossina - type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies |
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