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glossina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glossina has 1 sense
- glossina(n = noun.animal) tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.; Array is a kind of fly
is a member of genus glossina
CIDE DICTIONARY
glossina, n.
A blood-sucking African fly that transmits sleeping sickness etc.; the tsetse fly. [WordNet 1.5]
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