| tsetse | <zoology> A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. Alternative forms: tzetze, and tsetze. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tsetse flies | Bloodsucking flies of the genus glossina, found primarily in equatorial africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes. (12 Dec 1998) |