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gnat

DEFINITIONS OF: gnat

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n any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

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biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky
minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
midge
minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
psychodid
a fly of the family Psychodidae
Phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly, sandfly
any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis
black fly, blackfly, buffalo gnat
small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

n (British usage) mosquito

Type of:
mosquito
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
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