tsetsen.

/ˈtsɛtsi/

Forms: Also tzetse, tzetze, (irregular tse).

Etymology: < Setswana tsetse.

A dipterous insect ( Glossina morsitans, of the family Tabanidæ), abundant in parts of tropical and southern Africa; its bite is often fatal to horses and other domestic animals. Also applied to other species of Glossina. More fully tsetse-fly.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly)

tsetse1849

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1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 396 [Gordon Cumming's] horses were killed either by lions or horse sickness, and the fly called ‘tzetse’. All his oxen were killed by this insect.

1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxviii. 243 Four [horses] that are bitten with ‘tsetse’, and must die in a week or two.

1865 R. G. Cumming Last Jrnl. (1873) i. 15 The people..say there are no tsetse flies.

1889 L. V. Sheldon S. Afr. 94 The Tse fly stings their horses.

1895 J. Brown Secwana Dict. Tsetse, a fly destructive to cattle.]

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. v. 102 [Sir David] Bruce's notable work on the tsetse fly as a medium in diffusing the trypansoma of ‘fly disease’.

1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Aug. 368 Sleeping sickness is conveyed, at least in Uganda, by that species of tsetse fly we know as Glossina palpalis.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

tsetse-bitten adj.

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1906 H. R. Haggard Benita x. 138 Meyer..had already decreed the death of the tsetse-bitten cattle.

tsetse-conveyed adj.

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1917 Nature 18 Oct. 127/2 The tsetse-conveyed sleeping sickness is being got well in hand.

tsetse-free adj.

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1948 T. A. M. Nash Tsetse Flies in Brit. W. Afr. i. 7/1 Inside this huge area there are only three districts which are tsetse-free.

1977 Times 22 Apr. 10/2 The ever-spreading erosion and desertification wreaked by over-stocking of domestic cattle in tsetse-free areas.

tsetse-infested adj.

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1948 T. A. M. Nash Tsetse Flies in Brit. W. Afr. i. 13/1 Should..the river flow from tsetse-infested country northwards, it would be wiser not to plant up the banks.

1977 Times 22 Apr. 10/4 Vast tsetse-infested tracts of Nigeria.

tsetse-poisoned adj.

ΚΠ

1906 H. R. Haggard Benita x. 138 The time was to come when she would swallow that hard, tsetse-poisoned flesh.

C2.

tsetse country n. = tsetse district n.

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the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific

moose yard1800

tsetse district1851

tsetse country1853

fly-country1864

Notogaea1868

floral zone1870

Ornithogaea1874

Nearctic1877

fly-belt1894

fertile crescent1914

alterne1916

Wallacea1928

pollen zone1929

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) > area infested by

tsetse district1851

tsetse country1853

1853 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 23 May (1960) iv. 139 There is only one small strip of Tsetse country to hinder one going westward.

1877 J. T. Baines Gold Regions S.E. Afr. 89 Persons travelling must seek for the latest information..when approaching the borders of a Tsetse country.

tsetse district n. an area infested by the tsetse fly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific

moose yard1800

tsetse district1851

tsetse country1853

fly-country1864

Notogaea1868

floral zone1870

Ornithogaea1874

Nearctic1877

fly-belt1894

fertile crescent1914

alterne1916

Wallacea1928

pollen zone1929

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) > area infested by

tsetse district1851

tsetse country1853

1851 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 29 Aug. (1960) ii. 64 Several Englishmen have lost all their cattle horses & dogs by being led into a Tsetse district.

tsetse-fly disease n. = nagana n.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > parasitic

wormc1000

botc1465

canker1753

heartworm1877

strongylosis1883

surra1883

psorospermosis1894

nagana1895

tsetse-fly disease1895

babesiasis1907

babesiosis1907

strike1932

1895 D. Bruce (title) Preliminary report on the tsetse fly-disease, or nagana, in Zululand.

1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek ii. 28 They..were compelled to desist..on account of tsetse-fly disease among their cattle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	tsetse
释义	tsetsen. /ˈtsɛtsi/ Forms: Also tzetse, tzetze, (irregular tse). Etymology: < Setswana tsetse. A dipterous insect ( Glossina morsitans, of the family Tabanidæ), abundant in parts of tropical and southern Africa; its bite is often fatal to horses and other domestic animals. Also applied to other species of Glossina. More fully tsetse-fly. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) tsetse1849 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Muscidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) tsetse1849 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 396 [Gordon Cumming's] horses were killed either by lions or horse sickness, and the fly called ‘tzetse’. All his oxen were killed by this insect. 1850 R. Gordon-Cumming Five Years Hunter's Life S. Afr. II. xxviii. 243 Four [horses] that are bitten with ‘tsetse’, and must die in a week or two. 1865 R. G. Cumming Last Jrnl. (1873) i. 15 The people..say there are no tsetse flies. 1889 L. V. Sheldon S. Afr. 94 The Tse fly stings their horses. 1895 J. Brown Secwana Dict. Tsetse, a fly destructive to cattle.] 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. v. 102 [Sir David] Bruce's notable work on the tsetse fly as a medium in diffusing the trypansoma of ‘fly disease’. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Aug. 368 Sleeping sickness is conveyed, at least in Uganda, by that species of tsetse fly we know as Glossina palpalis. Compounds C1. General attributive. tsetse-bitten adj. ΚΠ 1906 H. R. Haggard Benita x. 138 Meyer..had already decreed the death of the tsetse-bitten cattle. tsetse-conveyed adj. ΚΠ 1917 Nature 18 Oct. 127/2 The tsetse-conveyed sleeping sickness is being got well in hand. tsetse-free adj. ΚΠ 1948 T. A. M. Nash Tsetse Flies in Brit. W. Afr. i. 7/1 Inside this huge area there are only three districts which are tsetse-free. 1977 Times 22 Apr. 10/2 The ever-spreading erosion and desertification wreaked by over-stocking of domestic cattle in tsetse-free areas. tsetse-infested adj. ΚΠ 1948 T. A. M. Nash Tsetse Flies in Brit. W. Afr. i. 13/1 Should..the river flow from tsetse-infested country northwards, it would be wiser not to plant up the banks. 1977 Times 22 Apr. 10/4 Vast tsetse-infested tracts of Nigeria. tsetse-poisoned adj. ΚΠ 1906 H. R. Haggard Benita x. 138 The time was to come when she would swallow that hard, tsetse-poisoned flesh. C2. tsetse country n. = tsetse district n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific moose yard1800 tsetse district1851 tsetse country1853 fly-country1864 Notogaea1868 floral zone1870 Ornithogaea1874 Nearctic1877 fly-belt1894 fertile crescent1914 alterne1916 Wallacea1928 pollen zone1929 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) > area infested by tsetse district1851 tsetse country1853 1853 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 23 May (1960) iv. 139 There is only one small strip of Tsetse country to hinder one going westward. 1877 J. T. Baines Gold Regions S.E. Afr. 89 Persons travelling must seek for the latest information..when approaching the borders of a Tsetse country. tsetse district n. an area infested by the tsetse fly. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > region of the earth > zone or belt > [noun] > biogeographical zone > specific moose yard1800 tsetse district1851 tsetse country1853 fly-country1864 Notogaea1868 floral zone1870 Ornithogaea1874 Nearctic1877 fly-belt1894 fertile crescent1914 alterne1916 Wallacea1928 pollen zone1929 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > glossina morsitans (tsetse-fly) > area infested by tsetse district1851 tsetse country1853 1851 D. Livingstone Jrnl. 29 Aug. (1960) ii. 64 Several Englishmen have lost all their cattle horses & dogs by being led into a Tsetse district. tsetse-fly disease n. = nagana n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of animals generally > [noun] > parasitic wormc1000 botc1465 canker1753 heartworm1877 strongylosis1883 surra1883 psorospermosis1894 nagana1895 tsetse-fly disease1895 babesiasis1907 babesiosis1907 strike1932 1895 D. Bruce (title) Preliminary report on the tsetse fly-disease, or nagana, in Zululand. 1932 C. Fuller Louis Trigardt's Trek ii. 28 They..were compelled to desist..on account of tsetse-fly disease among their cattle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1849
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