tsetse fly

(tsetsē, 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

Origin: Bantu tsetse, lit., fly that kills animals

See tsetse fly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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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Origin: Afrikaans

Origin: , from Sotho (Tswana) tsêtsê

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