HyperDic: tsetse_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression tsetse fly:
NOUNanimaltsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossinabloodsucking African fly
English > tsetse fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..
Synonymstsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina
Member ofgenus Glossinatype genus of the Glossinidae
Broaderflytwo-winged insects characterized by active flight
Spanishglossina, Glossina, mosca tse-tse, mosca tsetsé, tse-tse, tsetse, tzetze
Catalanglossina, mosca de la son, mosca tse-tse

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