sandfly
any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
any of several other small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects, as one of the family Heleidae or Simuliidae.
Origin of sandfly
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How to use sandfly in a sentence
Another sickness of the hot season which now began to claim less victims was sand-fly fever.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltMun Bun and Margy dug also, but, though they made a lot of sand fly, they did not always dig in the same place.
Six Little Bunkers at Cousin Tom's | Laura Lee HopeThe haggard eye might, perhaps, be ascribed to the dreaded presence of my old friend of the Rocky Mountains, the brulot sand-fly.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth DilkeThe overjoyed fellow kept it up for several minutes, making the cold, moist sand fly in every direction.
In the Pecos Country | Edward Sylvester Ellis (AKA Lieutenant R.H. Jayne)I swung my arms round, and made the sand fly with my feet, for I was just as mad as anything.
The William Henry Letters | Abby Morton Diaz
British Dictionary definitions for sandfly
/ (ˈsændˌflaɪ) /
any of various small mothlike dipterous flies of the genus Phlebotomus and related genera: the bloodsucking females transmit diseases including leishmaniasis: family Psychodidae
any of various similar and related flies
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