Meaning of MIDGE
| Pronunciation: | | mij
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| | Definition: | | [n] minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water |
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| | See Also: | | Chironomidae, family Chironomidae, gnat | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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