sandfly

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sandfly^¹

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From sand + fly.

noun sandflies · sand fly

Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. Several types of insects live in Sierra Leone, especially in the thick of the forests and rain forests. They include mosquitoes, bees, ants, centipedes, millipedes, locusts, grasshoppers, butterflies, dragonflies, sandflies, and spiders.
New Zealand A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
Similar: namu
US A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Sandfly^²

proper noun

A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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noun fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus

Español	mosquito simúlido, jején
中文	沙蠅 /沙蝇 shāyíng
Français	phlébotome
Deutsch	Sandfliege
Русский	москит moskit

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@misc{sandfly_2026,
  title = {sandfly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sandfly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}