sandfly meaning in Punjabi
ਮੱਛਰੀ maccharī
sandfly in Punjabi: ਮੱਛਰੀ (maccharī). In English, sandfly means any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
Punjabi words for sandfly
- sandfly
- ਮੱਛਰੀ maccharī
English meaning of sandfly
- noun Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- noun A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
- noun A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
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Questions about sandfly in Punjabi
- What is the meaning of sandfly in Punjabi?
- Sandfly in Punjabi is ਮੱਛਰੀ (maccharī).
- sandfly ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
- Sandfly: ਮੱਛਰੀ (maccharī).
- What does sandfly mean in English?
- Sandfly means any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
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Punjabi words from Wiktionary's Punjabi entries whose English meaning is “sandfly”: ਮੱਛਰੀ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sandfly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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