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