sandfly
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
sandfly (plural sandflies)
- Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
- Synonyms:
- namu
- A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
Proper noun capitalized: Sandfly
Sandfly
- A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
sandfly meaning in Tamil, Punjabi and Malay
sandfly in Tamil
- உளத்தெளிவு, உளநலம்
sandfly in Punjabi
- sandfly
- ਮੱਛਰੀ maccharī
sandfly in Malay
- fly of Lutzomyia or Phlebotomus
- agas
Synonyms of sandfly
Forms of sandfly
| plural | sandflies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sand fly |
Origin of sandfly
From sand + fly.
Words formed from sandfly
Questions about sandfly
- What does sandfly mean?
- Sandfly means any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- What is sandfly in Tamil?
- Sandfly in Tamil is உளத்தெளிவு, உளநலம். See Sandfly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sandfly?
- Sandfly can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of sandfly?
- The plural of sandfly is sandflies.
Words near sandfly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sandfly (page history and authors); Sandfly (page history and authors); sandfly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਮੱਛਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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