TSETSE


Meaning of TSETSE in English

[ 'tsɛtsi , 'tɛtsi ]

(also ~ fly )

■ noun an African bloodsucking fly which transmits sleeping sickness and other diseases. [Genus Glossina .]

Origin

C19: from Setswana.

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