genus glossina

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	glossina, tsetse, tsetse fly, tzetze, tzetze fly,
definition	:	bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family glossinidae, glossinidae,
definition	:	flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies (noun.animal)