SANDFLY


Meaning of SANDFLY in English

■ noun ( plural sandflies )

1》 a small hairy biting fly of tropical and subtropical regions, which transmits a number of diseases. [ Phlebotomus and other genera.]

2》 Austral./NZ another term for blackfly (in sense 2).

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