sandfly
See also: sand fly
English
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Etymology
Noun
sandfly (plural sandflies)
- Any of various small flies of the genera Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- (New Zealand) A small fly of the Austrosimulium genus.
- (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
Translations
fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
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