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GENUS GLOSSINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Glossina" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Glossina"):
glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly (bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.)
Holonyms ("genus Glossina" is a member of...):
family Glossinidae; Glossinidae (flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies)
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