sandfly

See also: sand fly

English

Alternative forms

• sand fly

Etymology

From sand +‎ fly.

Noun

sandfly (plural sandflies)

1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
2. (New Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.

   Synonym: namu

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

Derived terms

• sandfly fever

 

Translations

fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus

• Biatah Bidayuh: biyaas
• Bulgarian: папатак m (papatak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙蠅／沙蝇 (shāyíng)

• Finnish: hietakärpänen
• French: phlébotome (fr) m
• German: Sandfliege f
• Irish: míoltóg ghainimh f
• Malay: agas (ms)
• Maori: namu
• Russian: москит (ru) m (moskit)
• Spanish: mosquito simúlido m, jején (es) m

See also

• midge
• no-see-um
• punkie, punky
• sand flea