About The Word Midge
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Midge
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What's The Definition Of Midge?
[n] minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
Synonyms | Synonyms for Midge: Related Terms | Find terms related to Midge: 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 | Tom Thumb | vanishing point | wart See Also | Chironomidae | family Chironomidae | gnat Midge In Webster's Dictionary \Midge\, n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D.
mug, G. m["u]cke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m?, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan.
myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. ? to low, bellow.]
(Zo["o]l.)
1. Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the
{Chironomus}, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their
larv[ae] are usually aquatic.
2. A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United
States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its
bite.
Note: The name is also applied to various other small flies.
See {Wheat midge}, under {Wheat}.
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