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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

phlebotomus

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01 n. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii.
  1. 1.
    A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii.
  2. 2.
    A genus of small blood-sucking mothlike sand flies.[Capitalized]
Syn. sandfly fever, pappataci fever. — Syn. -- genus Phlebotomus.