Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several two-winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock.
WordNet 3.0
- n. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Etymologies
- Afrikaans, from Sotho (Tswana) tsêtsê. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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