Associations to the word «Glossina»

Wiktionary

GLOSSINA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Glossinidae   — the tsetse flies.

Dictionary definition

GLOSSINA, noun. Bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc..

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