Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sand_fly

1 sense of sand fly

Sense 1
sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii -- (any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis)
       => gnat -- (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)