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ツェツェバエ (tsetsebae) Japanese meaning: tsetse fly | Kotomora

ツェツェバエ

also: ツェツェばえ

ツェ

ツェ

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Meanings

1

tsetse fly

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the blood-sucking fly of the genus Glossina, known for transmitting sleeping sickness.

ツェツェバエはアフリカで睡すい眠みん病びょうを媒ばい介かいする。
The tsetse fly transmits sleeping sickness in Africa.

Kanji

蠅fly
蝿fly

Written forms

ツェツェばえ
Mixed kana/katakana variant; less common but still encountered.
ツェツェ蠅ばえ
Kanji spelling using 蠅 (fly); rare and mainly found in older or specialized texts.
ツェツェ蝿ばえ
Kanji spelling using 蝿 (fly); rare and mainly found in older or specialized texts.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'tsetse', ultimately from Tswana tsêtsê.