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name
A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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Synonyms: namu
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noun
A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasii
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Broader terms: gnat
History
From sand + fly.
Across languages
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