tzetze fly

tzetze fly

(ˈtsɛtsɪ)

n

(Animals) a variant spelling of tsetse fly

tset′se

(or tzet′ze) fly`

(ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˈti-)
n.

any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, including some that are vectors of trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness and other diseases.

Also called tset′se.

[1860–65; < Tswana tsètsè fly]

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Noun

1.

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