Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. 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 certain seasons of the year.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An African dipterous insect, of the family Stomoxyidæ and genus Glossina, G. morsitans, whose bite is often fatal to some animals, as horses, cattle, and dogs.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Etymologies
Examples
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As Dr.P. J. du Toit, of the South African Veterinary Services, said in London, last month (September), when showing a colour-sound film of the spraying of tsetse-infested lands with DDT from the air: "The tsetse is the biggest problem in Africa".
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Senegal to South Africa known as the tsetse-fly belt.
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Another objection to traveling on either bank of the river was the prevalence of the tsetse, which is so abundant that the inhabitants can keep no domestic animals except goats.
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The only symptom pointing to the tsetse is the arterial-looking blood, but we never saw it ooze from the skin after the bite of the gad-fly as we do now.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death
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This destructive fly, which is called tsetse, is a perfect scourge in some parts of Africa.
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Vectors depending on terrestrial ecosystems, such as tsetse flies (Glossina ssp.), are often associated with specific types of vegetation.
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Durban, the last three hundred or so of which we had to make on foot, owing to the frequent presence of the dreadful "tsetse" fly, whose bite is fatal to all animals except donkeys and men.
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Kemp explained that the trypanosome parasite is transmitted by the tsetse fly.
African Livestock May Benefit From A Scientific Breakthrough In Fighting Tsetse Fly Parasite
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A team of scientists have made a revolutionary breakthrough on a parasite carried by the tsetse fly.
African Livestock May Benefit From A Scientific Breakthrough In Fighting Tsetse Fly Parasite
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The tsetse fly bites the cattle and injects the parasite into the bloodstream.
African Livestock May Benefit From A Scientific Breakthrough In Fighting Tsetse Fly Parasite
adoarns commented on the word tsetse
famous stinging fly of Africa
December 10, 2006