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sandflies

sandflies is the plural of sandfly.

Meaning of 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.
    Synonyms:
    namu
  3. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

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Questions about sandflies

What is sandflies the plural of?
Sandflies is the plural of sandfly.

Words near sandflies in the dictionary

  1. sandfishes
  2. sandflat
  3. sandflats
  4. sandflea
  5. sandfleas
  6. sandflies
  7. sandflow
  8. sandflows
  9. sandfly
  10. sandfly fever
  11. Sandford

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