Etymology

glossina

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Today it means: A tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina. Full definition →

taxonomic name Glossina
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  1. taxonomic name · learned borrowing fromGlossina
  2. English todayglossina

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Glossina.

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