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View synonyms for biting midge

biting midge

noun

biting midge

noun

  1. any small fragile dipterous fly of the family Ceratopogonidae , most of which suck the blood of mammals, birds, or other insects

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Origin of biting midge1

First recorded in 1940–45

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