1. any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis; [syn: sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sandfly
n 1: any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females
can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis [syn: sand
fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii]