sandfly
- Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- (New-Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
- (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
Etymology
From sand + fly.
phlébotome
mosquito
mosquito simúlido
rantell
Sandmücke
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