sandfly
Meaning
- 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).
Translations
Etymology
From sand + fly.
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