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tset'se fly"



Pronunciation: (tset'sē, tet'-, tsē'tsē, tē'-), [key]
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 tset'se, tzetze, glossina.

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