tsetse fly in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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tsetse [Am ˈ(t)sɛtsi, Brit ˈtsɛtsi, ˈtɛtsi], tsetse fly N

I.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB intr

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1.2. fly:

fly plane/pilot:
volar
fly passenger:
ir en avión
we are flying at 8, 000m
volamos a 8.000m
we'll be flying over Rome
volaremos sobre or sobrevolaremos Roma
she's learning to fly
está aprendiendo a volar or a pilotar aviones
I'm going to Boston — are you flying?
me voy a Boston — ¿vas en avión?
to fly in
llegar (en avión)
the ambassador is flying in tomorrow
el embajador llegará mañana
we will be flying into Orly
aterrizaremos en Orly
to fly out
salir (en avión)
he flew (out) from London this morning
salió de Londres en avión esta mañana
we fly on to Denver tomorrow
mañana volamos a or salimos en avión para Denver
the jets flew past in formation
los jets pasaron volando en formación
a nice concept, but will it fly? Am inf
una idea buena pero ¿funcionará?
to be flying high
estar volando alto
to fly blind
ir a ciegas
to fly blind AVIAT
volar guiándose por los instrumentos

2.3. fly (move, be thrown):

fly
volar
papers were flying in the wind
había papeles volando por el aire
my hat flew off
se me voló el sombrero
the ball/stone flew past me
la pelota/piedra pasó volando por mi lado
the window flew open
la ventana se abrió de golpe
the car flew up into the air
el coche saltó por los aires
insults flew between them
se lanzaron una sarta de insultos
I tripped and went flying
tropecé y salí volando or disparado
it sent the poor cyclist flying
el pobre ciclista salió disparado por los aires
to let fly at sb
emprenderla or arremeter contra alguien
he grabbed a bottle and let fly at her
agarró una botella y arremetió or la emprendió contra ella
he let fly with a stream of abuse
soltó una sarta de insultos
to make the feathers or fur or sparks fly
armar un gran lío inf
and then the feathers really began to fly
y entonces sí que se armó la gorda or la de San Quintín inf

II.fly1 <3rd pers sing pres flies, pres part flying, pt flew, pp flown> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] VB trans

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III.fly1 <pl flies> [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly2 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] N

fly3 [Am flaɪ, Brit flʌɪ] ADJ

tsetse fly in the PONS Dictionary

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I.fly1 [flaɪ] VB intr flew, flown

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Other serious water-borne diseases are schistosomiasis and sleeping sickness, which is spread by the tsetse fly.
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Other forms of animal trypanosomiasis are also known from other areas of the globe, caused by different species of trypanosomes and transmitted without the intervention of the tsetse fly.
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Occasionally, a red sore called a chancre will develop at the location of the tsetse fly bite.
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The desert warthog is an important host of the tsetse fly, and in some parts of its range efforts are being made to reduce warthog numbers because of this.
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They are trypanotolerant, allowing them to be kept in tsetse fly infested areas.
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His thoroughbred stallion died within a few days after a bite from a tsetse fly, many of his carriers deserted, and the rest were decimated by tropical diseases.
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A tsetse fly becomes infected with bloodstream trypomastigotes when taking a blood meal on an infected mammalian host.
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The prevalence of tsetse fly depleted the livestock population at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Primarily for the administration of the distinct, it was also the base for the control of the tsetse fly and its associated lethal disease trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
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Studies of the tsetse fly show that females generally only mate once in their lifetimes and very rarely mate a second time.
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