SANDFLY

Etymology

Noun

sandfly (plural sandflies)

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).

Source: Wiktionary



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