MIDGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("midge" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("midge" is a member of...):

Chironomidae; family Chironomidae (midges)

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