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sandfly

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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 locality in Kingborough council area, south eastern Tasmania, Australia.
  3. A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
    New-Zealand
  4. A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).
    US

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