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PRONUNCIATION OF SANDFLIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SANDFLIES

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Sandflies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SANDFLIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sandfly

Sandfly is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran encountered in sandy areas. In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads", or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae, also known in Florida and elsewhere as a sand gnat, sandflea, no-see-um, granny nipper, chitra, punkie, or punky. Outside the United States, sandfly may refer to members of the subfamily Phlebotominae within the Psychodidae. Biting midges are sometimes called sand flies or no-see-ums. New Zealand sandflies are in the Austrosimulium genus, a type of black fly. While horse flies are large flies, noseeums and some Old-World sandflies are tiny midges. Sandfly bites may leave large, red itchy bumps that may turn into a rash. These bumps are frequently several times as itchy as mosquito bites, and tend to last longer as well. In the various sorts of sandfly only the female is responsible for biting and sucking the blood of mammals, reptiles and birds. She requires the protein in the blood to make her eggs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SANDFLIES

sandboy
sandbur
Sandburg
sandburr
sandek
sander
sanderling
Sanderson
sanderswood
sandfish
sandfly
sandglass
sandgroper
sandgrouse
sandheap
sandhi
sandhill
sandhog
Sandhurst
sandier

WORDS THAT END LIKE SANDFLIES

as the crow flies
barflies
blackflies
blowflies
botflies
butterflies
damselflies
dobsonflies
dragonflies
drink with the flies
families
fireflies
flies
gadflies
greenflies
horseflies
houseflies
mayflies
sawflies
stoneflies
whiteflies

Synonyms and antonyms of sandflies in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sandflies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SANDFLIES

Find out the translation of sandflies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sandflies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sandflies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白蛉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

flebótomos
570 millions of speakers

English

sandflies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sandflies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة الرمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

москитов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flebotomíneos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sandflies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phlébotomes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pasir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sandmücken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サシチョウバエ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sandflies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandflies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sandflies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மண் ஈக்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Sandflies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sandflies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

flebotomi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moskity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

москітів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sandflies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σκνίπες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

SANDVLIEË
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sandmyggor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sandfluer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sandflies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SANDFLIES»

The term «sandflies» is normally little used and occupies the 115.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SANDFLIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sandflies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SANDFLIES»

Discover the use of sandflies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sandflies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sandflies: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
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The West Indian Sandflies of the Genus Culicoides (Diptera: ...
The West Indian Sandflies of the Genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) By Willis W. Wirth, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Northeastern Region, Agricultural Research Service, and Franklin S. Blanton, Department of Entomology, ...
Willis Wagner Wirth, Franklin S. Blanton, 1974
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Tropical Health: A Report on a Study of Needs and Resources
It is well known that mere infection of the sandflies is not enough to insure transmission. There is the record of the many years of failure to transmit either kala azar or oriental sore in the laboratory before hitting upon the very simple devices of ...
‎1962
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Manson's Tropical Diseases
Figure IV.25 Living female (A) and male (B) phlebotomine sandflies (Lutzomyia longipalpis), showing the hairy body and wings, the generally mosquito-like stance and appearance except for the characteristic position of the wings, held in a V ...
Gordon C. Cook, Alimuddin Zumla, 2009
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Dogs, Zoonoses and Public Health
Addressing a little studied area of veterinary and medical science, this book covers the viruses, bacteria and protozoan and helminth parasites that are transmitted between man and dogs, discussing population management, control disease ...
Calum N. L. Macpherson, Francois-X. Meslin, Alexander I. Wandeler, 2013
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Season of Adventure
the nightmare movement that shows the sandflies like a signature of doom on every ceiling. These sandflies are a fortress that reminds each memory of a war, defeat and war and a triumph that seems no longer safe. Lady Carol is terrified as  ...
George Lamming, 1999
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Introductory Ecology
Female sandflies (but not the males) suck the blood of vertebrates, and one of their most successful habitats is chicken sheds. The female sandflies need to feed on the blood ofthe poultry before they can reproduce successfully, because  ...
Peter Cotgreave, Irwin Forseth, 2009
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Central and South America
SANDFLIESSANDFLIES Sandflies are tiny (2 to 3mm long), hairy flies with long legs which, in Latin America, are found in forested, tropical areas. Female sandflies feed on blood, causing extremely itchy bites in humans. Sandflies are ...
Isabelle Young, 2008
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Issues in Global, Public, Community, and Institutional ...
sandflies in Europe: a review Researchers detail in 'Arthropod-borne viruses transmitted by Phlebotomine sandflies in Europe: a review,' new data in phlebotomy. “Phlebotomine sandflies are known to transmit leishmaniases, bacteria and ...
‎2012
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Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis: with special reference to ...
So in Calcutta kala azar and sandflies used to predominate in masonry houses as compared to bamboo huts (Napier 1926). In Artuf in former Palestine the houses had whitewashed masonry walls and sandflies and cutaneous leishmaniasis ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SANDFLIES»

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New Zealand's rugged South Island: Avoiding sandflies, looking for …
The repellent is to ward off sandflies, those annoying black bugs that are the itchy scourge of hikers in Fiordland National Park. The park, which is bigger than ... «National Post, Jul 15»
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Bo Stuart & Debbie Harris, 'Naked And Afraid': 5 Fast Facts You …
The definition is a disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and spread by the bite of certain types of sandflies.[2] The disease can ... «Heavy.com, Jul 15»
3
ISIS Meets Its Most Formidable Foe: Microscopic Parasites
The disease is transmitted by infected sandflies, and generally prevented in ... more disease-bearing sandflies, which has accelerated the spread of the disease. «Daily Caller, Apr 15»
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A bite to remember
Sandflies may be smaller than mosquitoes but their bite still packs quite a punch. They are pool-feeders, meaning that in order to engorge in the precious fluid, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Mar 15»
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First sandfly vaccine created
Canine leishmaniosis is transmitted by sandflies. Dogs may suffer fever, hair loss, weight loss, skin sores, nail problems, anaemia, arthritis, severe kidney failure ... «Times of Malta, Mar 15»
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Tips to survive sandfly season
With the joy of summer comes the annoyance of those pesky sandflies - but you don't have to take getting bitten lying down. Despite the fact that many of New ... «Voxy, Oct 14»
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Once bitten, twice scratched
Sandflies (or biting midges), are tiny blood-sucking insects about 3mm in length. ... I asked Doctor Kevin Arlett for a medical perspective on sandfly bites and he ... «ABC Local, Jul 13»
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Sandflies a curse and a blessing
Sandflies are plentiful in most wilderness areas that are under 1000m in altitude, and are most common during the warmer times of the year, although they are ... «The Nelson Mail, Apr 12»
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New Zealand's Darkest, Bloodiest Secret: The Sandfly
Called sandflies in common practice and roughly resembling gnats, these vampires of the genus Austrosimulium live throughout the islands. Of roughly a dozen ... «Smithsonian, Feb 12»
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Sandfly infection: British hotelier dies from parasitic disease after …
It is usually transmitted through the bite of female sandflies with symptoms typically emerging a few weeks afterwards. These include fatigue, weight-loss and ... «Daily Mail, Nov 11»

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