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phle·bot·o·mus

n 1  cap  :  a genus of small bloodsucking sand flies (family Psychodidae) including one (P. papatasii) that is the carrier of sandfly fever and others suspected of carrying other human disease  2  pl  -mi  also  -mus*es  :  any sand fly of the genus Phlebotomus .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  phle·bot·o·mize 

 
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