tsetse fly

tsetse fly definition - medical

tset·se fly or tzet·ze fly (tsĕtˈsē, tsēˈtsē)

noun
Any of several two-winged bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, often carrying and transmitting pathogenic trypanosomes to humans and livestock.

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