sandfly
nounEtymology From sand + fly.
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.
3
US A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
- Derived terms
- sandfly fever