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tzetze |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tzetze \Tzet"ze\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Tsetse}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tzetze n : blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc [syn: {tsetse fly}, {tsetse}, {tzetze fly}, {glossina}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: TZETZE (or :TSETSE:) :FLY:, n. An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_). U
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