noun
very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
• Syn: ↑Psychodidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nematocera, ↑suborder Nematocera
• Member Meronyms: ↑psychodid, ↑Phlebotomus, ↑genus Phlebotomus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.