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TSETSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Synonyms:
glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tsetse" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("tsetse" is a member of...):
genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)
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