genus phlebotomus

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   small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths

   SynonymsPhlebotomus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofPsychodidae

Questions about genus phlebotomus

What does genus phlebotomus mean?

genus phlebotomus means "small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths".

What is another word for genus phlebotomus?

Close synonyms include Phlebotomus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus phlebotomus a common word?

genus phlebotomus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.