sandflyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• sand fly

語源

From sand +‎ fly.

名詞

sandfly (plural sandflies)

1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
   • 2007, Suzanne LeVert, Cultures of the World: Sierra Leone, page 21:

     Several types of insects live in Sierra Leone, especially in the thick of the forests and rain forests. They include mosquitoes, bees, ants, centipedes, millipedes, locusts, grasshoppers, butterflies, dragonflies, sandflies, and spiders.

2. (New Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.

   Synonym: namu

3. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

派生語

参考

• midge
• no-see-um
• punkie, punky
• sand flea