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Tzetze

Definition: Tzetze

Tzetze

Noun

1. Blood-sucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Tzetze

DomainDefinition

Satire

TZETZE (or :TSETSE:) :FLY:, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (Mendax interminabilis). U. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Tzetze

Synonyms: glossina (n), tsetse (n), tsetse fly (n), tzetze fly (n). (additional references)

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Expression: Tzetze

Expression using "tzetze": tzetze fly. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Tzetze

Derivations

Words beginning with "tzetze": tzetzes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Tzetze

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-t-t-z-z"

-3 letters: tee, tet, zee.

-4 letters: et.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-t-t-z-z"
 

+1 letter: tzetzes.

 

+2 letters: mozzette.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tzetze


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 7A 65 74 7A 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01111010 01100101 01110100 01111010 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 007A 0065 0074 007A 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

549271869271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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