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tsetse
释义
tse
tse
/ˈtsɛtsi
/
/ˈtɛtsi
/
(also
tsetse fly
)
noun
An African bloodsucking fly which bites humans and other mammals, transmitting sleeping sickness and nagana.
Genus
Glossina
, family
Tabanidae
.
It is caused by a protozoan, Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of a tsetse fly.
...
The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness, midges transmits lumpy skin disease and three-day stiff sickness.
Due to the altitude, much of the region is free of malarial mosquitoes and the tsetse and other flies that spread human and animal diseases.
Origin
Mid 19th century
: from Setswana.
Rhymes
Betsy
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