sandfly

See also: sand fly

English

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sandfly

Alternative forms

sand fly

Etymology

From 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 genus Austrosimulium.
Synonym: namu
(US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Derived terms

sandfly fever

Translations

fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus

Biatah Bidayuh: biyaas
Bulgarian: папатак m (papatak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙蠅／沙蝇 (shāyíng)
Finnish: hietakärpänen
French: phlébotome (fr) m
German: Sandfliege f
Irish: míoltóg ghainimh f
Malay: agas (ms)
Maori: namu
Russian: москит (ru) m (moskit)
Spanish: mosquito simúlido m, jején (es) m

See also

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