tzetze fly n 1: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. [syn: {tsetse fly}, {tsetse}, {tzetze fly}, {tzetze}, {glossina}]
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_).