Definition of Glossinidae

1. Noun. Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies.

Exact synonyms: Family Glossinidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Diptera, Order Diptera
Member holonyms: Genus Glossina

Medical Definition of Glossinidae

1. A family of the order diptera that includes the tsetse flies. These flies occur only in africa. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossinidae

glosser
glossers
glosses
glosses over
glossic
glossier
glossies
glossiest
glossily
glossinas
glossiness
glossinesses
glossing
glossing over
glossinid
glossinidae (current term)
glossinids
glossist
glossists
glossitic
glossitis
glossitis areata exfoliativa
glossitis desiccans
glossitises
glossless
glosso-
glossocele
glossocinesthetic
glossocoma
glossocomon

Literary usage of Glossinidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geologisches Zentralblatt (1908)
"Il relate que SH Scudder avait déterminé ce fossile comme étant un Oestridae qui est, en réalité, un glossinidae. ..."

2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"The lecture, which dealt with the Professor's own experiences during an expedition undertaken to discover the breeding habits of the glossinidae, ..."

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