tsetse fly

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee-]
- /tˈsiːt.si flaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tset-see, tet-, tsee-tsee, tee-]
- /tˈsiːt.si flaɪ/

Definitions of tsetse fly words

noun tsetse fly any of several bloodsucking African flies of the genus Glossina, that act as a vector of sleeping sickness and other trypanosome infections of humans and domestic animals. 1
noun tsetse fly disease-carrying flying insect 1
variable noun tsetse fly A tsetse fly or a tsetse is an African fly that feeds on blood and can cause serious diseases in the people and animals that it bites. 0
noun tsetse fly any of various bloodsucking African dipterous flies of the genus Glossina, which transmit the pathogens of various diseases: family Muscidae 0
noun tsetse fly any of a family (Glossinidae) of small dipterous flies of central and S Africa, including species that carry the trypanosomes that cause nagana and sleeping sickness 0

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Origin of tsetse fly

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65, tsetse fly is from the Tswana word tsètsè fly

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tsetse fly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

tsetse fly usage trend in Literature

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