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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. ĺ. A genus of dipterous insects, or flies, of the family Muscidæ. G. morsitans is the terrible tsetse-fly.
- n. A genus of brachiopods, of the family Lingulidæ.
- n. A genus of pyralid moths: same as Stericta.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A blood-sucking African fly that transmits sleeping sickness etc.; the tsetse fly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
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