"tsetse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tsitsi/ [US], /sitsi/ [US], /titsi/ [US], /tsɛtsi/ [UK], /sɛtsi/ [UK], /tɛtsi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tsetse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tsetses [plural], tsetse [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tn|tsêtsê|t=fly}} Tswana tsêtsê (“fly”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|tsetse}} tsetse (plural tsetses or tsetse)
  1. Any fly of the genus Glossina, native to Africa, that feeds on human and animal blood; known primarily as a carrier of parasitic trypanosomes. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Parasites Synonyms: tsetse fly, tsetze, tzetse, tzetze Related terms: Glossina Translations (fly of the genus Glossina): cece (Albanian), муха цеце (muha cece) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 采采蠅 (cǎicǎiyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ceceo (Esperanto), tsetsekärpänen (Finnish), tsé-tsé [feminine] (French), mouche tsé-tsé [feminine] (French), tse-tse [feminine] (Galician), Tsetsefliege [feminine] (German), cecelégy (Hungarian), seitse [feminine] (Irish), cuil seitse [feminine] (Irish), ツェツェバエ (tsetsebae) (Japanese), 체체파리 (chechepari) (Korean), lalat tsetse (Malay), mucha tse-tse [feminine] (Polish), tse-tse [feminine] (Polish), tsé-tsé [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), цеце́ (cecé) [feminine] (Russian), му́ха цеце́ (múxa cecé) [feminine] (Russian), chafuo (Swahili), mbung'o (Swahili), ndorobo (Swahili), çeçe (Turkish), urù (Yoruba), irù (Yoruba)

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