HyperDic: biting_midge

English > 1 sense of the expression biting midge:
NOUNanimalbiting midge, punkie, punky, punkey, no-see-umminute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
English > biting midge: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningminute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
Synonymspunkie, punky, punkey, no-see-um
Member ofCeratopogonidae, family Ceratopogonidaebiting midges
BroadergnatAny of various small biting flies
Spanishpunkey, punkie, punky
Catalanpunkey, punkie, punky

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