tsetse

Other forms: tsetses

Definitions of tsetse
  1. noun
    bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
    synonyms: glossina, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly
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    type of:
    fly
    two-winged insects characterized by active flight
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