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any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

: any of various small biting two-winged flies of the families Psychodidae, Simuliidae, and Ceratopogonidae; especially : a fly of the genus Phlebotomus

sand fly UK US noun [countable] [singular sand fly plural sand flies]

a small fly that lives in warm regions of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe. It can spread disease when it bites.

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sand fly,

1. a small, bloodsucking, two-winged fly that transmits certain diseases, such as kalaazar.

2. any one of certain similar flies.