tsetse fly

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.

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[Afrikaans, from Sotho (Tswana) tsêtsê.]

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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]

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tsetse fly  (tsts)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tsetse fly - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. glossina, tsetse, tzetze, tzetze fly fly - two-winged insects characterized by active flight genus Glossina - type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies

Translations

tsetse fly [ˈtsetsɪflaɪ] N → mosca f tsetsé

tsetse fly [ˈtsɛtsɪˌflaɪ] n → mosca f tse-tse inv

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tsetse fly [ˈtsɛtsɪˌflaɪ] n → mosca f tse-tse inv