glossina
noun
glos·si·na
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, -ˈsē-
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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