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sandfly
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sandfly [′san‚flī]
(invertebrate zoology)
Any of various small biting Diptera, especially of the genusPhlebotomus,which are vectors for phlebotomus (sandfly) fever.
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One of the main differences from the east coast in our beach fishing," says Tom Putnam, owner of the Half-Hitch Tackle stores along the Panhandle, "is that we don't have as much shellfish and crustacean life close to our beaches other than sandfleas, and, unfortunately, beach projects right in Panama City killed off our sandflea populations a couple years ago.
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