Meanings
sandfly1
plural sandflies · alternative sand fly
- Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
Several types of insects live in Sierra Leone, especially in the thick of the forests and rain forests. They include mosquitoes, bees, ants, centipedes, millipedes, locusts, grasshoppers, butterflies, dragonflies, sandflies, and spiders.
2007, Suzanne LeVert, Cultures of the World: Sierra Leone, page 21 - USA biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
Sandfly2
- A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian папатак
- папатак (papatak)fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Chinese Mandarin 沙蠅 /沙蝇
- 沙蠅 /沙蝇 (shāyíng)fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Finnish hietakärpänen
- hietakärpänenfly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
French phlébotome
- phlébotomefly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
German Sandfliege
- Sandfliegefly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Irish míoltóg ghainimh
- míoltóg ghainimhfly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Malay agas
- agasfly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Māori namu
- namufly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Russian москит
- москит (moskit)fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Spanish mosquito simúlido, jején
- mosquito simúlidofly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
- jejénfly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
Cite this entry
sandfly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandfly
“sandfly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandfly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandfly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandfly.
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