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TSETSE FLY

\tsˈɛtsi flˈa͡ɪ], \tsˈɛtsi flˈa‍ɪ], \t_s_ˈɛ_t_s_i f_l_ˈaɪ]\

Definitions of TSETSE FLY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The Glossina palpalis, which transmits trypanosomiasis, causing the African sleeping sickness.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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