tsetse (fly)
61Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …
62sleeping sickness — Pathol. 1. Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or… …
63Endosymbiont — An endosymbiont is any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism, i.e. forming an endosymbiosis (Greek: ἔνδον endon within , σύν syn together and βίωσις biosis living ). Examples are nitrogen fixing bacteria (called… …
64chemoreception — chemoreceptive /kee moh ri sep tiv, kem oh /, adj. /kee moh ri sep sheuhn, kem oh /, n. the physiological response to chemical stimuli. [1915 20; CHEMO + RECEPTION] * * * Sensory process by which organisms respond to external chemical stimuli, by …
65glossina — noun bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. • Syn: ↑tsetse fly, ↑tsetse, ↑tzetze fly, ↑tzetze • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Glossina …
66Wigglesworthia glossinidia brevipalpis — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Wigglesworthia glossinidia brevipalpis regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Enterobacteriales familia = Enterobacteriaceae genus = Wigglesworthia species = W. glossinidia …
67African military systems to 1800 — refers to the evolution of military systems on the African continent prior to 1800, with emphasis on the role of indigenous states and peoples within the African continent. Patterns of the military art generally moved from the simple to the more… …
68eastern Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction part of sub Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.… …
69Glossina — Abb. aus Meyers Lexikon 1888/90 Systematik Unterklasse: Fluginsekten (Pterygota) …
70Tse-Tse-Fliege — Glossina Abb. aus Meyers Lexikon 1888/90 Systematik Unterklasse: Fluginsekten (Pterygota) …
