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Meaning of sandfly

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sandfly

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.

  2. A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.

  3. A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).