What does glossina mean?
Glossina means A tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina..
The Sundi plantation employs at present nineteen labourers for catching flies, and in December they caught seventy-five glossinas.
Both trypanosomes and glossinas must have been present in Africa since very remote times.
Use glossina when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Glossina means A tsetse fly; any fly of the genus Glossina..
Common synonyms include tzetze, tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Sundi plantation employs at present nineteen labourers for catching flies, and in December they caught seventy-five glossinas.
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