tsetse fly
tse·tse fly
T0395800 (tsĕ′tsē, tsē′-)tsetse fly
(ˈtsɛtsɪ) ortzetze fly
tset′se
(or tzet′ze) fly`
(ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˈti-)n.
tse·tse fly
(tsĕt′sē)| Noun | 1. |  tsetse fly - bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. |
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| 释义 | tsetse flytse·tse flyT0395800 (tsĕ′tsē, tsē′-)tsetse fly(ˈtsɛtsɪ) ortzetze flytset′se(or tzet′ze) fly`(ˈtsɛt si, ˈtɛt-, ˈtsi tsi, ˈti-)n. tse·tse fly(tsĕt′sē)
tsetse flytsetse fly(tsĕt`sē), name for any of several bloodsucking African fliesfly,name commonly used for any of a variety of winged insects, but properly restricted to members of the order Diptera, the true flies, which includes the housefly, gnat, midge, mosquito, and tsetse fly. ..... Click the link for more information. of the genus Glossina, and in the same family as the houseflyhousefly, common name of the fly Musca domestica, found in most parts of the world. The housefly, a scavenger, does not bite living animals but is dangerous because it carries bacteria and protozoans that cause many serious diseases, e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. . The larva of the tsetse fly develops inside the body of the mother until it is ready to pupate in the soil. A number of the 21 species can transmit to humans the trypanosomes that cause the Gambian and Rhodesian forms of African sleeping sickness (see trypanosomiasistrypanosomiasis , infectious disease caused by a protozoan organism, the trypanosome, which exists as a parasite in the blood of a number of vertebrate hosts. The three variations of the disease that predominate in humans are transmitted by an insect vector. ..... Click the link for more information. ). The tsetse fly also carries the trypanosomes that cause nagana and other diseases of wild and domestic animals. Clearing the brush that the flies inhabit helps to get rid of them; DDTDDT or 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1,-trichloroethane, chlorinated hydrocarbon compound used as an insecticide. First introduced during the 1940s, it killed insects that spread disease and fed on crops, and Swiss scientist Paul Müller was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize ..... Click the link for more information. has also been used to exterminate them, and sterilized male flies have been released to control fly reproduction. Tsetse flies are classified in the phylum ArthropodaArthropoda [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum. The arthropods include crustaceans, insects, centipedes, millipedes, spiders, scorpions, and the extinct trilobites. ..... Click the link for more information. , class Insecta, order Diptera, family Muscidae. See insectinsect, invertebrate animal of the class Insecta of the phylum Arthropoda. Like other arthropods, an insect has a hard outer covering, or exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed legs. Adult insects typically have wings and are the only flying invertebrates. ..... Click the link for more information. . tsetse fly[′set‚sē ‚flī]tsetse fly, tzetze flytsetse flytsetse fly(tsĕ′tsē, tsē′-)tsetse flyA fiercely biting fly, the vector of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) that renders large areas of the continent almost uninhabitable.tsetse flyany of various bloodsucking DIPTERANS of the genus Glossina which transmit AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS. see TRYPANSOME.tsetse fly
Synonyms for tsetse fly
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