Associations to the word «Sandfly»

Wiktionary

SANDFLY, noun. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
SANDFLY, noun. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Dictionary definition

SANDFLY, noun. Any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras