TSETSE FLY


Meaning of TSETSE FLY in English

/tset"see, tet"-, tsee"tsee, tee"-/

any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, that act as a vector of sleeping sickness and other trypanosome infections of humans and domestic animals.

Also, tzetze fly . Also called tsetse, tzetze, glossina .

[ 1860-65; tsètsè fly ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .