tsetse fly

[ tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee- ]
/ ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˈti- /

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.
Also tzetze fly.
Also called tset·se, tzetze, glossina.

Origin of tsetse fly

First recorded in 1860–65, tsetse fly is from the Tswana word tsètsè fly

Words nearby tsetse fly

tschaikovsky, tschernosem, tse, tselinograd, tseng kuo-fan, tsetse fly, tsh, tshi, tshiluba, tshombe, tshwane

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British Dictionary definitions for tsetse fly

tsetse fly

tzetze fly

/ (ˈtsɛtsɪ) /

noun

any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus Glossina, which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family Muscidae

Word Origin for tsetse fly

C19: via Afrikaans from Tswana

Medical definitions for tsetse fly

tsetse fly

n.

Any of several two-winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock.

Scientific definitions for tsetse fly

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.