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tsetse Synonyms
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• noun (Context 1)
A bloodsucking African fly of the genus Glossina that primarily inhabits Sub-Saharan woodlands and savannas, notorious for transmitting the parasitic trypanosomes that cause sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle.
Usage Example
"Public health initiatives in the region have heavily focused on deploying traps to control the population of the fly."
Weak
fly
dipteran
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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Tsetse. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/tsetse