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English

no-see-ums

noun

Meaning

  1. Leptoconops torrens, a small biting fly.
  2. Any Ceratopogonidae, or biting midge, a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in the order Diptera.
  3. Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see unaided.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

punkie(English)biting midge(English)punkey(English)punky(English)skeeters(English)microsporum(English)mosquitoes(English)mosquitos(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data