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TZETZE FLY

Dictionary entry overview: What does tzetze fly mean?

• TZETZE FLY (noun)
The noun TZETZE FLY has 1 sense:

1. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

Familiarity information: TZETZE FLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TZETZE FLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly

Hypernyms ("tzetze fly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Holonyms ("tzetze fly" is a member of...):

genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)

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