tzetze fly
[
tset
-see,
tet
-,
tsee
-tsee, tee-]
/ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˌti-/
noun
1.
tsetse fly
.
Also called
tzetze
.
British Dictionary definitions for
tzetze fly
tsetse fly
/
ˈtsɛtsɪ
/
noun
1.
any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus
Glossina
, which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family
Muscidae
Word Origin
C19: via Afrikaans from Tswana
tzetze fly
/
ˈtsɛtsɪ
/
noun
1.
a variant spelling of
tsetse fly
tzetze fly
in Medicine
tzetze fly
tzet·ze fly (tsět'sē, tsē'tsē)
n.
Variant of
tsetse fly
.