Any of various small, biting, two-winged flies, such as a punkie or black fly.
[Middle English, from Old English gnæt.]
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Any of various small, biting, two-winged flies, such as a punkie or black fly.
[Middle English, from Old English gnæt.]
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The term gnat is applied as a colloquial name to any of various small insects in the
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The males often assemble together in large mating swarms and can disorient drivers.
Gnat larvae are mostly free-living. Many feed on plants, though some are
Some South American Pleurothallid
orchids are pollinated by tiny gnats and have correspondingly small
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Français (French)
n. - moucheron
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εντομ.) σκνίπα, (Βρετ.) κουνούπι, (μτφ.) μικροενόχληση, μικροσκοπικό πράγμα
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Italiano (Italian)
zanzara, moscerino
Português (Portuguese)
n. - borrachudo (m) (Entom.) (Zool.), mosquito (m) (Entom.) (Zool.)
Русский (Russian)
комар, мошка, мелочь
Español (Spanish)
n. - mosquito, jején
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mygga, knott
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
蚋, 蚊
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中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蚋, 蚊
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사람을 무는 작은 날벌레
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بعوضه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - יתוש, מטרד קטן, דבר קטן
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