- family Glossinidae
- nounflies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies• Syn: ↑Glossinidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Glossina
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family Glossinidae
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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
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … 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
Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑order Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • … Useful english dictionary
order Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous (for: ↑Diptera) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Glossina — noun type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Glossinidae, ↑family Glossinidae • Member Meronyms: ↑tsetse fly, ↑tsetse, ↑tz … Useful english dictionary
Hippoboscoidea — Taxobox image width = 200px image caption = Tsetse fly (genus Glossina ) name = Hippoboscoidea regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota|… … Wikipedia
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
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tsetse fly — [tset′sē, tsēt′sē, set′sē, sēt′sē, tēt′sē] n. [Bantu tsetse, lit., fly that kills animals] any of a family (Glossinidae) of small dipterous flies of central and S Africa, including species that carry the trypanosomes that cause nagana and… … English World dictionary
