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{ } n. [ Russ. tsaritsa. Cf. Czarina. ] The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The chameck. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From a native name. ] (Zool.) A West African anthropoid ape allied to the gorilla and chimpanzee, and by some considered only a variety of the chimpanzee. It is noted for building large, umbrella-shaped nests in trees. Called also tscheigo, tschiego, nschego, nscheigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The springbok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A venomous two-winged African fly (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is very poisonous, and even fatal, to horses and cattle, but harmless to men. It renders extensive districts in which it abounds uninhabitable during certain seasons of the year. tsp>[ Written also tzetze, and tsetze. ]tsp> [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ tsp>[ Written also Tsung-li-Yamen or Tsungli Yamen. ]tsp> [ Chin. ] The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See Yamen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]