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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. Source: wordnet
  3. 3. 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. [Written also tzetze, and tsetze.] Source: webster
  4. 4. A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whosebite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, butharmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it aboundsuninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. [Written alsotzetze, and tsetze.] Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. Source: ecdict

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