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Meaning of sandfly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
A locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
New-Zealand
A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
US

Equivalents

Deutsch Sandfliege

Español jején mosquito simúlido

Français phlébotome

Русский москит

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

sandfly fever Sandford Sandford Orcas Sandford principle Sandford-on-Thames Sandgate