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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.
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Tsetse
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Word Origin & History
tsetse fly
1849, probably via S.African Du., from a Bantu language (cf. Setswana tsetse, Luyia tsiisi "flies").
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Medical Dictionary
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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Science Dictionary
tsetse fly  (tsět'sē) Pronunciation Key
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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