Tsetse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zool.)
     A venomous two-winged African fly ({Glossina morsitans})
     whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and
     cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts
     in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of
     the year. [Written also {tzetze}, and {tsetze}.]


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tsetse
       n : blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
           [syn: {tsetse fly}, {tzetze fly}, {tzetze}, {glossina}]