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