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tsetse fly
[ tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee- ]
noun
- 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.
tsetse fly
/ ˈtsɛtsɪ /
noun
- any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus Glossina , which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family Muscidae
tsetse fly
/ tsĕt′sē /
- Any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, two species of which ( G. palpalis and G. morsitans ) often carry and transmit trypanosomes, the protozoans that cause sleeping sickness.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tsetse fly1
First recorded in 1845–50; from Afrikaans, from Tswana tsêtsê + fly 1( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tsetse fly1
C19: via Afrikaans from Tswana
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Example Sentences
In many little bottles were specimens of the deadly tsetse fly that causes all the infection.
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There are certain wide belts of land in Africa called the "tsetse fly belts," where horses, mules and cattle can not live.
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But now the Boer can go north no more; two things stop him: the tsetse fly and the fever.
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Fever and the Tsetse fly had been too much for the expedition.
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Two other difficulties likely to meet travelers in this part of the country are scarcity of water and the tsetse fly.
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