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tsarevitch
tsarevna
tsarina
tsarism
tsaritsa
tsatske
TSE
tsessebe
tsetse fly
TSH
tshwala
tsimmes
Tsimshian
tsitses
tsk tsk
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tsotsi
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tsetse fly
tsetse fly [ tétsi flī, tsétsi flī ] (plural tsetse flies) or tzetze fly [ tétsi flī, tsétsi flī ] (plural tzetze flies)


noun 
Definition:
 
fly transmitting sleeping sickness: a two-winged biting fly that feeds on the blood of humans and animals and is responsible for transmitting several diseases, including sleeping sickness. Native to: central Africa.  Genus Glossina.
[Mid-19th century. Via Afrikaans< Setswana]
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