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Sandfly

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

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noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.

  3. 3

    A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

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