glossina

[ glo-sahy-nuh, -see-, glaw- ]

noun

1. tsetse fly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of glossina¹

First recorded in 1885–90; from New Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; gloss-, -ina ²

Example Sentences

The Glossina morsitans abounds on the banks of the African river, the Zambesi, frequenting the bushes and reeds that border it.

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A few remarks on the Tsetse, or 'Glossina morsitans', may here be appropriate.

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This insect—the 'Glossina moritans' of the naturalists—deserves a special paragraph.

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For the Glossina morsitans sleeps by night beneath leaves in the bush, and only wakes when disturbed.

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Kleine states that Glossina palpalis can no longer be regarded as the sole transmitter of sleeping sickness.

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