tsetse

See also tsêtsê

English

Head of a tsetse.

Alternative forms

• tzetze, tsetze

Etymology

From Tswana tsetse.

Noun

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.

Usage notes

• Particularly in North American English, this insect is most commonly referred to as a "tsetse fly."

Translations

fly of the genus Glossina

• Albanian: cece (sq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 採採蠅 (cmn), 采采蝇 (cmn) (cǎicǎi yíng)

• French: tsé-tsé (fr) f, mouche tsé-tsé (fr) f
• Galician: tse-tse (gl) f
• German: Tsetsefliege (de) f

• Japanese: ツェツェバエ (ja) (tsetsebae)
• Korean: 체체파리 (ko) (chechepari)
• Malay: lalat tsetse (ms)
• Russian: цеце́ (ru) (cecé) f  (indeclinable), муха цеце (ru) (múxa cecé) f 
• Swahili: chafuo (sw)
• Turkish: çeçe (tr)

See also

• Tsetse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Glossina on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Glossina

Anagrams

• sestet, teests, testes

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsɛ.tsɛ/

Noun

tsêtsê CLASS 9 (plural ditsetse)

1. tsetse fly