sand fly

English - Turkish

Definition of sand fly in English Turkish dictionary

yakarca

tatarcık

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sandfly

tatarcık

sandfly

(Tıp) Tatarcık, tropik ülkelerde rastlanan tatarcık hummasının bulaşmasında rol oynayan küçük böcek

sandfly

(isim) tatarcık

English - English

Definition of sand fly in English English dictionary

any of various small dipterous flies; blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

Any of various small biting flies of the genus Phlebotomus of tropical areas, some of which transmit diseases. a small fly that bites people and lives on beaches. Any of several species in the dipteran family Phlebotomidae (sometimes considered part of the family Psychodidae) with aquatic larvae that live in the intertidal zone of coastal beaches, in mud, or in wet organic debris. The genus Phlebotomus transmits the pappataci fever virus, and in parts of South America, Africa, and Asia it carries the protozoan parasites that cause kala azar, Oriental sore, espundia, and bartonellosis. The name is also used for species of the blackfly and biting midge families

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sandfly

{i} any of several species of small bloodsucking fly (can transmit diseases to humans)

sandfly

any of various small dipterous flies; blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis

sandfly

Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis

Turkish pronunciation

sänd flay

Pronunciation

/ˈsand ˈflī/ /ˈsænd ˈflaɪ/

Etymology

[ 'sand ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sant sand, Latin sabulum, Greek psammos.