sandfly

See also: sand fly

English

Alternative forms

• sand fly

Etymology

sand +‎ fly

Noun

sandfly (plural sandflies)

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

Translations

fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus

• Biatah Bidayuh: biyaas
• French: phlébotome (fr) m
• German: Sandfliege f
• Irish: míoltóg ghainimh f
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• Malay: agas
• Maori: namu
• Spanish: mosquito simúlido m, jején (es) m

See also

• midge
• no-see-um
• punkie, punky
• sand flea