tsetse — (also tsetse fly) ► NOUN ▪ an African bloodsucking fly which transmits sleeping sickness and other diseases. ORIGIN from a southern African language … English terms dictionary
Tsetse — Tset se, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A venomous two winged African fly ({Glossina morsitans}) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tsetse — Glossina Abb. aus Meyers Lexikon 1888/90 Systematik Unterklasse: Fluginsekten (Pterygota) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tsétsé — Mouche tsé tsé Pour les articles homonymes, voir Mouche … Wikipédia en Français
tsetse — See Glossina. [S. African native name] * * * tset·se t(s)et sē, t(s)ēt , set , sēt n, pl tsetse or tset·ses TSETSE FLY * * * n. a large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina … Medical dictionary
tsetse — noun see tsetse fly … New Collegiate Dictionary
tsetse — noun /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/lang=tn a) Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. b) tsetse fly … Wiktionary
tsetse — see tsetse fly … English dictionary
tsetse — tset·se || tsetsɪ n. any of number of small bloodsucking flies of Central and South Africa that carry sleeping sickness and other diseases … English contemporary dictionary
tsetse — [ tsɛtsi, tɛtsi] (also tsetse fly) noun an African bloodsucking fly which transmits sleeping sickness and other diseases. [Genus Glossina.] Origin C19: from Setswana … English new terms dictionary