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Definition of: Glossina
(glo·sī′nə, glô-) noun
An Ethiopian genus of biting flies which includes the tsetse fly, carrier of the infective agent of African sleeping sickness. For illustration see under INSECT (injurious). [<NL <Gk. glōssa tongue]
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