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tsetse fly definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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