sandfly

See also: sand fly

English

Alternative forms

sand fly

Etymology

sand +‎ fly

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 Austrosimulium genus.
(US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Translations

fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus

Biatah Bidayuh: biyaas
French: phlébotome (fr) m
German: Sandfliege f
Irish: míoltóg ghainimh f

Malay: agas
Maori: namu
Spanish: mosquito simúlido m, jején (es) m

See also

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