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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii;
[syn: sandfly fever, pappataci fever, phlebotomus]

2. small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths;
[syn: Phlebotomus, genus Phlebotomus]


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 n 1: a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii [syn: sandfly fever, pappataci fever, phlebotomus] 2: small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths [syn: Phlebotomus, genus Phlebotomus]