tsetse (fly)

  • 11tsetse fly disease — noun see tsetse disease * * * tsetse fly disease, = nagana. (Cf. ↑nagana) …

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  • 12tsetse fly — tset|se fly tzetze fly [ˈtetsi flaı, ˈtsetsi , ˈsetsi ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Afrikaans; Origin: Tswana tsetse] an African fly that sucks the blood of people and animals and spreads serious diseases …

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  • 13tsetse fly — /ˈtsɛtsi flaɪ / (say tsetsee fluy), /ˈsɛtsi / (say setsee) noun any of the blood sucking flies of the African genus Glossina, some of which transmit protozoan parasites (trypanosomes) which cause sleeping sickness and other serious diseases. Also …

  • 14tsetse fly — tset|se fly [ tsetsi ,flaı, setsi ,flaı ] noun count a flying insect in Africa that bites people and animals in order to drink their blood. It can spread a serious disease called sleeping sickness …

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  • 15tsetse fly — type of African fly which carries dangerous diseases …

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  • 16tsetse fly — noun (C) an African fly that sucks the blood of people and animals and spreads serious diseases …

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  • 17Tsetse (disambiguation) — Tsetse and similar can mean: * Tsetse was a nickname applied to the De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk XVIII aircraft *The 80 s New Wave group, Wall of Voodoo, had a song called Tsetse Fly on their album Dark Continent. * La Mosca Tsé Tsé , or The Tse… …

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  • 18tsetse — (also tsetse fly) ► NOUN ▪ an African bloodsucking fly which transmits sleeping sickness and other diseases. ORIGIN from a southern African language …

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  • 19Tsetse — Glossina Abb. aus Meyers Lexikon 1888/90 Systematik Unterklasse: Fluginsekten (Pterygota) …

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  • 20Tsetse-Fliege — Glossina Abb. aus Meyers Lexikon 1888/90 Systematik Unterklasse: Fluginsekten (Pterygota) …

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