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GLOSSINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glossina mean?
• GLOSSINA (noun)
The noun GLOSSINA has 1 sense:
1. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Familiarity information: GLOSSINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
glossina; tsetse; tsetse fly; tzetze; tzetze fly
Hypernyms ("glossina" is a kind of...):
fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)
Holonyms ("glossina" is a member of...):
genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)
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