phlebotomine
/flɪˈbɒtəmʌɪn/Entomology
adjective
Belonging or relating to the dipteran subfamily Phlebotominae (family Psychodidae), the members of which are blood-feeding sandflies, including many vectors of infectious (especially protozoal and viral) diseases.
noun
A phlebotomine sandfly.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Annual Review Entomology. From scientific Latin Phlebotomus Phlebotomus + -ine, after scientific Latin Phlebotominae, subfamily name.
- water treatment
- water tree
- water trompe
- water tube
- water-tube boiler
- water tunnel
- water tupelo
- water turbine
- water-tyrant
- water under the bridge (or water over the dam)
- water vapor
- water vapour
- water-vascular
- water-vascular system
- water vessel
- Waterville
- water vine
- water violet
- water viper
- water vole
- water wag
- water wagon
- water-wagtail
- water walk
- water wall