TSETSE FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tsetse fly mean? 

• TSETSE FLY (noun)
  The noun TSETSE FLY has 1 sense:

1. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

  Familiarity information: TSETSE FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TSETSE FLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly

Hypernyms ("tsetse fly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Holonyms ("tsetse fly" is a member of...):

genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)