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bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

see tsetse

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.

[1860-65; < Tswana tsètsè fly]

tsetse fly UK [ˈtetsi ˌflaɪ] UK [ˈtsetsi ˌflaɪ] US [ˈtsetsi ˌflaɪ] US [ˈsetsi ˌflaɪ] noun [countable] [singular tsetse fly plural tsetse flies]

a flying insect in Africa that bites people and animals in order to drink their blood. It can spread a serious disease called sleeping sickness .

Thesaurus: types of insect_hyponym parts of insects_meronym

tsetse fly [tsetse fly] [ˈtsetsi flaɪ] [ˈtsetsi flaɪ] noun

an African fly that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood and can spread a disease called ↑sleeping sickness