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Tropical African fly

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tsetse

(Other definitions for tsetse that I've seen before include "Bloodsucking African fly" , "African transmitter" , "Disease-carrying fly" , "fly across Africa" , "carrier of disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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