genus glossina

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   type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofGlossinidae

Questions about genus glossina

What does genus glossina mean?

genus glossina means "type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies".

Is genus glossina a common word?

genus glossina is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.