‖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 ]
(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