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tsetse fly
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tsetse fly (tset′sē, tsēt′-, set′-, sēt′-, tēt′-)
any of a family (Glossinidae) of small dipterous flies of central and S Africa, including species that carry the trypanosomes that cause nagana and sleeping sickness
Etymology: Bantu tsetse, lit., fly that kills animals
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