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Sandfly vs Mosquitos - What's the difference?

sandfly | mosquitos |

As nouns the difference between sandfly and mosquitos

is that sandfly is any of various small flies of the genera genus: Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis while mosquitos is plural of lang=en.

sandfly

English

(wikipedia sandfly)

Alternative forms

* sand fly

Noun

(sandflies)
  • Any of various small flies of the genera and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  • (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

    • See also

    * midge * no-see-um * punkie, punky * sand flea

    mosquitos

    English

    Noun

    (head)