phlebotomus

English Thesaurus

1. small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly, sandfly,
definition	:	any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family psychodidae, psychodidae,
definition	:	very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies (noun.animal)

2. a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii (noun.state)

hypernym	:	disease,
definition	:	an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning (noun.state)