[syn: Phlebotomus, genus Phlebotomus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
phlebotomus \phlebotomus\ n.
1. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand
fly Phlebotomus papatasii.
Syn: sandfly fever, pappataci fever.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. [Capitalized] A genus of small blood-sucking mothlike sand
flies.
Syn: genus Phlebotomus.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phlebotomus
n 1: a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand
fly Phlebotomus papatasii [syn: sandfly fever, pappataci
fever, phlebotomus]
2: small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths [syn:
Phlebotomus, genus Phlebotomus]