tsetse (fly)
81Endosymbionte — Endosymbiote Un endosymbiote est un organisme qui vit à l intérieur d une autre cellule ou d un autre organisme, l association ainsi formée est une endosymbiose. Pour exemple, la bactérie rhizobium fixatrice d azote vit dans les nodules… …
82Endosymbiote — Un endosymbiote est un organisme qui vit à l intérieur d une autre cellule ou d un autre organisme, l association ainsi formée est une endosymbiose. Pour exemple, la bactérie rhizobium fixatrice d azote vit dans les nodosités racinaires des… …
83insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
84Trypanosoma brucei — Taxobox color = khaki image width = 240px image caption = Trypanosoma brucei brucei TREU667 (Bloodstream form, phase contrast picture. Black bar indicates 10 µm.) name = Trypanosoma brucei regnum = Protista phylum = Euglenozoa classis =… …
85congo — /kong goh/, n. congou. * * * Congo Congo:Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon Map references: Africa Area: total area: 342,000 sq km land area: 341,500 sq km comparative area: slightly… …
86Congo — /kong goh/, n. 1. People s Republic of the, a republic in central Africa, W of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly an overseas territory in French Equatorial Africa; now an independent member of the French Community. 2,583,198; 132,046 …
87nagana — /neuh gah neuh/, n. Vet. Pathol. 1. a disease of horses and other animals, widespread in parts of Africa, caused by the organism Trypanosoma brucei, and transmitted by a variety of tsetse fly. 2. any trypanosomal disease of animals that is… …
88Diptera — An important order of insects (the two wing flies and gnats), including many significant disease vectors such as the mosquito, tsetse fly, sandfly, and biting midge. [G. di , two, + pteron, wing] * * * Dip·tera dip t(ə )rə n pl a large order of… …
89Desiccation tolerance — refers to the ability of an organism to withstand or endure extreme dryness, or drought like conditions. Plants and animals living in arid or periodically arid environments such as temporary streams or ponds may face the challenge of desiccation …
90genus Glossina — noun type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Glossinidae, ↑family Glossinidae • Member Meronyms: ↑tsetse fly, ↑tsetse, ↑tz …
