tsetse
/ˈtsetsɪ/(亦作tsetse fly)
noun
1- an African bloodsucking fly which bites humans and other mammals, transmitting sleeping sickness and nagana舌蝇, 采采蝇。
1.1
- Genus Glossiua, family Tabauidae舌蝇属, 虻科。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from Setswana.