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Meaning of TSETSE

Pronunciation:  ts'eetsee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
 
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 Synonyms: glossina, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly
 
 See Also: fly, genus Glossina

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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 certain seasons of
the year. [Written also {tzetze}, and {tsetze}.]
 

 

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