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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_).
Ambrose Bierce
African
Bite
Commonly
Efficacious
Fly
Insect
Regarded
Remedy
Tsetse
Tzetze
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