tsetse

tsetse
noun see tsetse fly

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  • Tsetse — Tset se, n. (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Tsétsé — Mouche tsé tsé Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mouche …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tsetse — See Glossina. [S. African native name] * * * tset·se t(s)et sē, t(s)ēt , set , sēt n, pl tsetse or tset·ses TSETSE FLY * * * n. a large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina …   Medical dictionary

  • tsetse — noun /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/lang=tn a) Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. b) tsetse fly …   Wiktionary

  • tsetse — see tsetse fly …   English dictionary

  • tsetse — tset·se || tsetsɪ n. any of number of small bloodsucking flies of Central and South Africa that carry sleeping sickness and other diseases …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tsetse — [ tsɛtsi, tɛtsi] (also tsetse fly) noun an African bloodsucking fly which transmits sleeping sickness and other diseases. [Genus Glossina.] Origin C19: from Setswana …   English new terms dictionary

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