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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
tsetse fly
    n 1: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
         [syn: tsetse fly, tsetse, tzetze fly, tzetze,
         glossina]

2. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n.  An African insect (_Glossina morsitans_)
whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy
for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American
novelist (_Mendax interminabilis_).


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