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sandflies

The correct spelling is sandflies.

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noun

Say it like: San-dfl-ees

The correct spelling is sandflies. 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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noun

  1. 1.Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  2. 2.A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
  3. 3.A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

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