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gnat — gnatlike, adj. /nat/, n. 1. any of certain small flies, esp. the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae. 2. Brit. mosquito. 3. strain at a gnat… … Universalium
mosquito — A blood sucking dipterous insect of the family Culicidae. Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, and Stegomyia are the genera containing most of the species involved in the transmission of protozoan and other disease producing parasites. [Sp. dim. of … Medical dictionary
Chironomus — Chi·ron·o·mus (ki ronґə məs) a genus of gnatlike flies with giant polytene chromosomes in some larval tissue nuclei, which have been useful in genetics studies … Medical dictionary
midge — [mij] n. [ME migge < OE mycg, akin to Ger mücke < IE base * mu , echoic for fly, gnat > L musca, a fly] any of various families (esp. Chironomidae) of small, two winged, gnatlike dipteran insects, including the gall midges and biting… … English World dictionary
midge — n. 1 colloq. a a gnatlike insect. b a small person. 2 a any dipterous non biting insect of the family Chironomidae. b any similar insect of the family Ceratopogonidae with piercing mouthparts for sucking blood or eating smaller insects. Etymology … Useful english dictionary
