Glossina is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
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1885-90; New Latin: genus name, so called from its long proboscis; see gloss-, -ina2
One of the worst is the tsetse (glossina morsitans), immortalised by Livingstone.
The glossina morsitans abounds on the banks of the African river, the Zambesi, frequenting the bushes and reeds that border it.
This insect—the 'glossina moritans' of the naturalists—deserves a special paragraph.
This species, found especially in north-east Rhodesia and in Nyassaland, is transferred by glossina morsitans.
For the glossina morsitans sleeps by night beneath leaves in the bush, and only wakes when disturbed.
A few remarks on the Tsetse, or 'glossina morsitans', may here be appropriate.
Kleine states that glossina palpalis can no longer be regarded as the sole transmitter of sleeping sickness.
Postive Infektionsversuche mit Trypanosoma brucei durch glossina palpalis.
glossina palpalis lives in limited areas, where the forest and undergrowth is dense, along the lake shore or river banks.
The tsetse fly (glossina morsitans) infests several districts; the sand-flea has been imported from the west coast.