tsetse fly
noun
tset·se fly ˈ(t)set-sē- 
ˈtet-,
ˈ(t)sēt-,
ˈtēt- : any of several dipteran flies (genus Glossina) that occur in Africa south of the Sahara and include vectors of human and animal trypanosomes
called also tsetse
compare sleeping sickness
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The chemical has been used as a drug to treat African sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease transmitted by the tsetse fly found only in sub-Saharan Africa. 
Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021 Better known as sleeping sickness, the disease is transmitted to human beings by tsetse flies that have acquired the infection from infected people or animals. Carey Baraka, Quartz Africa, 26 Apr. 2020 The tsetse flies are something the parks workers need to manage differently, Robertson said. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 This notorious disease is carried by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.). Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 30 Dec. 2019 By increasing animal numbers, one of the unfortunate consequences could be an increase in tsetse fly numbers. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 The tsetse fly, which feeds on blood, has a symbiont that makes B vitamins. Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2015 While Botswana’s northern swampland was ridden with disease-carrying tsetse flies and malaria, Mr. Selby and his clients traversed the bush in style. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018 The tsetse fly, which spreads sleeping sickness, nourishes its grub inside a bizarrely mammalian uterus and feeds it with a milklike fluid—one that’s laden with microbes. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2017 See More
Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 15 June 2021 Better known as sleeping sickness, the disease is transmitted to human beings by tsetse flies that have acquired the infection from infected people or animals. Carey Baraka, Quartz Africa, 26 Apr. 2020 The tsetse flies are something the parks workers need to manage differently, Robertson said. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 This notorious disease is carried by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.). Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 30 Dec. 2019 By increasing animal numbers, one of the unfortunate consequences could be an increase in tsetse fly numbers. Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019 The tsetse fly, which feeds on blood, has a symbiont that makes B vitamins. Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2015 While Botswana’s northern swampland was ridden with disease-carrying tsetse flies and malaria, Mr. Selby and his clients traversed the bush in style. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018 The tsetse fly, which spreads sleeping sickness, nourishes its grub inside a bizarrely mammalian uterus and feeds it with a milklike fluid—one that’s laden with microbes. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Afrikaans, from Tswana tsètsè fly
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
tsetse fly
noun
: any of several dipteran flies of the genus Glossina that occur in sub-Saharan Africa and include vectors of human and animal trypanosomes (as those causing sleeping sickness and nagana)
called also tsetse