sandfly

Meaning

Noun

Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium (genus).
A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Origin

sand + fly

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