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Tsetse

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Tset´se
n.1.(Zool.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
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Noun1.Tsetsetsetse - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
glossina, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly
fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight
genus Glossina - type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies
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