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Tsetse
CIDE DICTIONARY
Tsetse, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Tsetse, n. any fly of the genus Glossina native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood with a needle-like proboscis and transmits trypanosomiasis.
Etymology
Tswana
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