(n)a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980, Syn.Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Republic of Zimbabwe
‖n. (Zool.) A large, venomous, two-winged fly, native of Abyssinia. It is allied to the tsetse fly, and, like the latter, is destructive to cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]