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TZETZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tzetze mean?
• TZETZE (noun)
The noun TZETZE has 1 sense:
1. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Familiarity information: TZETZE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly
Hypernyms ("tzetze" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("tzetze" is a member of...):
genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)
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