sandfly
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈsændflaɪ/
:
mosquito de arena
- After being bitten several times, I discovered that the sandfly can transmit various diseases.
Examples
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Included were a couple who had picked up bot fly infections, a woman with a cyst in her brain caused by tapeworms, a man who contracted a sandfly parasite in Greece, and a prison officer who lost his lower legs and fingers from a malarial infection contracted in the Gambia.
Academic text (2012) -
Leishmaniasis is a disease that has been present since as early as 900 AD, transmitted by the bite of sandflies.
Blog text (21) -
The life cycle of the pathogenic Leishmania spp. involves sandflies, rodents, and dogs.
Academic text (1993) -
Swallows, sandflies, and robins are making their debuts, and pine pollen is affecting people as never before.
Blog text (29) -
This is the remote hump on Australia's back, the tip of the Northern Territory, a place of ghost stories, sandflies, burning brush, termite mounds, and saltwater crocodiles.
Academic text (2011) -
The sandfly is known for causing itchy bites, especially in tropical regions.
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In warm climates, the sandfly population can increase rapidly, posing health risks to locals.
Synonyms
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6.6
A small insect that bites people in warm places and can spread disease
A small sand fly whose females bite people and can spread leishmaniasis
A small sand fly that drinks blood and can spread disease
Compounds
- Specialized
A mild illness caused by a virus spread by sand fly bites that causes fever and muscle pain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sandfly is simply made from sand and fly, meaning a 'fly' that lives near 'sand'. So, sandfly today means a very small, biting fly from warm, sandy places that drinks blood and can sometimes spread disease.