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Gnat

/næt/

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

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Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

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midgenoun	Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
flynoun	(zoology) Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
bugnoun	(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
mosquitonoun	A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
biternoun	(fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
pestnoun	Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
catchernoun	(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
gnat bugnoun	Any insect in the family Enicocephalidae.
fungus gnatnoun	Any small short-lived gnat of various families in the order Diptera, feeding on fungi or decaying plant matter.
gnatwormnoun	(rare) The aquatic larva of a gnat.
gnatlingnoun	(poetic) A tiny gnat.
nematocerannoun	Any fly of the Nematocera
gnitnoun	A gnat.
gnatcatchernoun	A member of any of various species of small passerine birds in the family Polioptilidae found in North America and South America, close relatives of the wrens.
biting midgenoun	Any Ceratopogonidae, a family of small flies (1-4 mm long) in the order Diptera.
microhymenopterannoun	Any very small insect of the order Hymenoptera
niggetnoun	A small insect, especially one used by a witch as her familiar.
ghost insectnoun	Any of various stick insects of the order Phasmida.
angel insectnoun	Any insect of the order Zoraptera.
damsel bugnoun	Any insect in the family Nabidae