no-see-um

See also: noseeum

English

Noun

no-see-um (plural no-see-ums)

Leptoconops torrens, a small biting fly.
Any Ceratopogonidae, or biting midge, a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in the order Diptera.
Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see unaided.

Synonyms

(Ceratopogonidae): midgie, sand fly, punkie, punky (US)

See also

no-see-um on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ceratopogonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ceratopogonidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Leptoconops torrens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Leptoconops torrens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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