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- noun a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Italian pappataci, sandfly : pappare, to eat (from Latin pappāre, from pappa, food) + -taci, silently (from tacito, past participle of tacere, to be silent, from Latin tacēre).]
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