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sandfly
Wiktionary
alt. 1 Any of various small fly of the genera (taxlink Lutzomyia genus noshow=1) and ''Phlebotomus'' whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. 2 (context US English) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae). n. 1 Any of various small fly of the genera (taxlink Lutzomyia genus noshow=1) and ''Phlebotomus'' whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. 2 (context US English) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
WordNet
n. any of various small dipterous flies; blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis [syn: sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasii]
Wikipedia
Sandfly (or sand fly) is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking dipteran (fly) encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads" (family Tabanidae), or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae, also known in Florida and elsewhere as a sand gnat, sandflea, no-see-um (no-see-em, noseeum), granny nipper, chitra, punkie, or punky. Outside the United States, sandfly may refer to members of the subfamily Phlebotominae within the Psychodidae. Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) are sometimes called sand flies or no-see-ums (no-see-em, noseeum). New Zealand sandflies are in the Austrosimulium genus, a type of black fly.
While horse flies are large flies, noseeums (sandfleas) and some Old-World sandflies are tiny midges. Sandfly bites may leave large, red itchy bumps that may turn into a rash. These bumps are frequently several times as itchy as mosquito bites, and tend to last longer as well.
In the various sorts of sandfly only the female is responsible for biting and sucking the blood of mammals, reptiles and birds; the protein in the blood is necessary for the production of eggs, making the sandfly an anautogenous reproducer.
Some sandfly genera of the Phlebotominae subfamily are the primary vectors of leishmaniasis and pappataci fever; both diseases are confusingly referred to as sandfly fever. In the New World, leishmaniasis is spread by sand flies of the genus Lutzomyia; in the Old World, the disease is spread by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus. Belize and Honduras are notorious in the Caribbean for their sandfly populations and travel pages frequently warn tourists to bring bug spray containing high concentrations of DEET.
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Usage examples of "sandfly".
In his twenty-three years at Chokoloskee, he had never seen sandflies so bad or guavas so plentiful.
You don't expect to be seized by the senior professor in your department when you had nothing more aggressive in mind yourself than charting the continued outmigration of sandflies.
One day, delirious with sandfly fever, I opened the door of the bathroom in my bungalow and was not altogether surprised to see a middle-aged man seated on the toilet writing what appeared to be poetry.