sandfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

name

sandfly sandflies sand fly

From sand + fly.

namu

midge no-see-um punkie punky sand flea

sandfly fever

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