Gnat

[næt]

Definition

(noun.) (British usage) mosquito.

(noun.) any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies.

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Definition

(n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

(n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.

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Definition

n. a genus of dipterous insects of numerous species esp. abundant in marshy districts—the female lives on the blood of animals.—n. Gnat′ling.

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