slovo | definícia |
tsetse (encz) | tsetse,moucha tse-tse Zdeněk Brož |
Tsetse (gcide) | Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zool.)
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.]
[1913 Webster] |
tsetse (wn) | tsetse
n 1: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
[syn: tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze,
glossina] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
tsetse fly (encz) | tsetse fly, n: |
Tsetse (gcide) | Tsetse \Tset"se\, n. (Zool.)
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.]
[1913 Webster] |
tsetse fly (wn) | tsetse fly
n 1: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
[syn: tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze,
glossina] |
tsetse fly (devil) | 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_).
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