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    GENUS GLOSSINA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse fliesplay

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    Nouns denoting animals

    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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