Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tset·se fly — /ˈsɛtsi , ˈsiːtsi / noun, pl ⋯ flies [count] : a kind of fly found in Africa that bites people and animals, sucks their blood, and can spread a serious disease (called sleeping sickness) to humans called also tsetse … Useful english dictionary
tset|se — fly, or tset|se «TSEHT see», noun. any member of a group of two winged African flies that sucks the blood of mammals and transmits disease. One kind of tsetse fly transmits the parasite that causes sleeping sickness, and another carries a disease … Useful english dictionary
tsetse fly — tset|se fly tzetze fly [ˈtetsi flaı, ˈtsetsi , ˈsetsi ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Afrikaans; Origin: Tswana tsetse] an African fly that sucks the blood of people and animals and spreads serious diseases … Dictionary of contemporary English
tsetse fly — tset|se fly [ tsetsi ,flaı, setsi ,flaı ] noun count a flying insect in Africa that bites people and animals in order to drink their blood. It can spread a serious disease called sleeping sickness … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tsetse fly — tset′se (or tzetze fly) [[t]ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt , ˈtsi tsi, ˈti [/t]] n. ent any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, including some that are vectors of trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness and other diseases Also called… … From formal English to slang
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
tzetze fly — /tset see, tet , tsee tsee, tee /. See tsetse fly. Also called tzetze. * * * … Universalium
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
tzetze fly — [tset′sē, tsēt′sē, set′sē, sēt′sē, tēt′sē] n. alt. sp. of TSETSE FLY … English World dictionary
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
