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glossina

noun glos·si·na \-ˈsī-nə, -ˈsē-\

Medical Definition of GLOSSINA

1
capitalized :  an African genus of dipteran flies that have a long slender sharp proboscis and joint antennae bearing feathery appendages and that comprise the tsetse flies
2
:  any fly of the genus Glossina :  tsetse fly

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