Search Result for "phlebotomus papatasii":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis;
[syn: sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

phlebotomus \phlebotomus\ n. 1. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii. Syn: sandfly fever, pappataci fever. [WordNet 1.5] 2. [Capitalized] A genus of small blood-sucking mothlike sand flies. Syn: genus Phlebotomus. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Phlebotomus papatasii n 1: any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis [syn: sand fly, sandfly, Phlebotomus papatasii]