Useful english dictionary. 2012.
glossina — noun bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. • Syn: ↑tsetse fly, ↑tsetse, ↑tzetze fly, ↑tzetze • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Glossina … Useful english dictionary
Glossina — A genus of bloodsucking Diptera (tsetse flies) confined to Africa; they serve as vectors of the pathogenic trypanosomes that cause various forms of African sleeping sickness in humans and in domestic and wild animals. [G. glossa, tongue] G.… … Medical dictionary
glossina — /glo suy neuh, see , glaw /, n. See tsetse fly. [1885 90; < NL: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; see GLOSS , INA] * * * … Universalium
arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tsetse fly — This page is about the insect. For other meanings, see Tsetse (disambiguation). Tsetse fly Tsetse fly Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Trypanosoma — A genus of asexual digenetic protozoan flagellates (family Trypanosomatidae) that have a spindle shaped body with an undulating membrane on one side, a single anterior flagellum, and a kinetoplast … Medical dictionary
tsetse fly — /tset see, tet , tsee tsee, tee / any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, that act as a vector of sleeping sickness and other trypanosome infections of humans and domestic animals. Also, tzetze fly. Also called tsetse,… … Universalium
tsetse fly — noun bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. • Syn: ↑tsetse, ↑tzetze fly, ↑tzetze, ↑glossina • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Glossina … Useful english dictionary
tsetse — See Glossina. [S. African native name] * * * tset·se t(s)et sē, t(s)ēt , set , sēt n, pl tsetse or tset·ses TSETSE FLY * * * n. a large bloodsucking fly of tropical Africa belonging to the genus Glossina … Medical dictionary
Glossinidae — noun flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies • Syn: ↑family Glossinidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
