noun
bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
• Syn: ↑tsetse fly, ↑tsetse, ↑tzetze, ↑glossina
• Hypernyms: ↑fly
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Glossina
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/tset"see, tet"-, tsee"tsee, tee'-/.
See tsetse fly. Also called tzetze.
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tzetze fly UK [ˈtetsi ˌflaɪ] UK [ˈtsetsi ˌflaɪ] US [ˈtsetsi ˌflaɪ] US [ˈsetsi ˌflaɪ]
another spelling of tsetse fly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.