GLOSSINA


Meaning of GLOSSINA in English

 ̷ ̷ˈsīnə, -ˈsēnə noun

Etymology: New Latin, from gloss- + -ina

1. capitalized : an African genus of two-winged flies with a long slender sharp proboscis and plumose aristae comprising the tsetse flies — compare sleeping sickness ; see glossinidae

2. -s : any insect of the genus Glossina : tsetse fly

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