TSETSE FLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

Synonyms:

glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tsetse fly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Holonyms ("tsetse fly" is a member of...):

genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)

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