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Raresandflies
The correct spelling is sandflies.
How to pronounce sandflies
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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Definition
noun
- 1.Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
- 2.A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
- 3.A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
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