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tsetse fly

  [tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee-]
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–noun
any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, that act as a vector of sleeping sickness and other trypanosome infections of humans and domestic animals.
Also, tzetze fly.
Also called tsetse, tzetze, glossina.

Origin:
1860–65; < Tswana tsètsè fly
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tsetse fly 
1849, probably via S.African Du., from a Bantu language (cf. Setswana tsetse, Luyia tsiisi "flies").
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tset·se
Pronunciation: 't(s)et-sE, 't(s)Et-, 'set-, 'sEt-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural tsetse or tset·ses
: TSETSE FLY

Main Entry: tsetse fly
Function: noun
: any of several dipteran flies of the genus Glossina that occur in sub-Saharan Africa and include vectors of human andanimal trypanosomes (as those causing sleeping sickness and nagana) called also tsetse
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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tsetse fly tset·se fly or tzet·ze fly (tsět'sē, tsē'tsē)
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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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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