sandfly

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

   Sandfliege

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   any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

2. (New Zealand)A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.

3. (US)A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

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