Midge

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Derived terms

 * apple midge
 * biting midge
 * dung midge
 * gall midge
 * mackerel-midge
 * meniscus midge
 * midge cap


 * midge grass
 * midget
 * midgie
 * mountain midge
 * net-winged midge
 * non-biting midge
 * pear midge
 * phantom midge
 * solitary midge
 * wheat-midge

Thesaurus
Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, brownie, crumb, dot, drop, droplet, dwarf, elf, fleck, flyspeck, gnat, gnome, grain, homunculus, iota, jot, lilliputian, manikin, microbe, microorganism, midget, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite, mote, particle, peewee, pinhead, pinpoint, pip-squeak, point, pygmy, runt, scrap, shrimp, snip, snippet, speck, tittle, vanishing point, wart

Etymology
mygg:, mycg:, from. Compare mich:, Dutch mug:, German Mücke:.

Translations

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