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Definition or meaning of the English word Gnat
A blood-sucking dipterous fly; of the genus Culex; undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mos (n.).
Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp.; in America; a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies; as the buffalo gnat; the black fly; etc. (n.).
