tsetse

tsetse is a 6-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year.
2. noun. bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

   Synonyms: glossina, tzetze

Synonyms

glossina, tzetze

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in tsetse:

sestet, testes

Common word forms

tsetses

Words from these letters

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