Definition of Sandfly

1. Noun. Any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis.

Exact synonyms: Phlebotomus Papatasii, Sand Fly
Generic synonyms: Gnat
Group relationships: Genus Phlebotomus, Phlebotomus

Definition of Sandfly

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sandfly

1. a biting fly [n -FLIES]

Medical Definition of Sandfly

1. A small, biting, dipterous midge of the genus Phlebotomus or Lutzomyia; a vector of leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandfly

sander
sanderdust
sanderite
sanderling
sanderlings
sanders
sanderses
sandersonia
sandersonias
sandever
sandfish
sandfishes
sandflea
sandfleas
sandflies
sandfly (current term)
sandfly fever
sandfly fever group viruses
sandfly fever viruses
sandgroper
sandgropers
sandgrounder
sandgrounders
sandgrouse
sandgrouses
sandheap
sandheaps
sandhi

Literary usage of Sandfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout (1908)
"On the evening of the 5th, I sailed again for Whanganui, in the "sandfly," a schooner of ten tons, which had been built on the banks of ..."

2. Adventure in New Zealand by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1845)
"TOWARDS the end of May, I sent the sandfly on to Kapiti, and started to join her by land ; wishing to see the progress of the road, and to visit the wreck ..."

3. Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: With Some Account of the by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout (1908)
"On the evening of the 5th, I sailed again for Whanganui, in the "sandfly," a schooner of ten tons, which had been built on the banks of ..."

4. Adventure in New Zealand by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1845)
"TOWARDS the end of May, I sent the sandfly on to Kapiti, and started to join her by land ; wishing to see the progress of the road, and to visit the wreck ..."

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