sandfly

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Definition of sandfly

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
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noun

  1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  2. (New-Zealand)A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
  3. (US)A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

name

  1. A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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Etymology

From sand + fly.

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