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punk⋅ie

[puhng-kee]
–noun
any of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae.
Also called biting midge, no-see-um.


Origin:
1760–70, Americanism; < New York D *punkje, alter. of Munsee Delaware pónkwəs (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *penkw- dust, ashes + *-ehs- dim. suffix) + D -je dim. suffix
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punk·ie also punk·y   (pŭng'kē)   
n.   pl. punk·ies
Any of various minute, biting flies of the family Ceratopogonidae. Also called biting midge, no-see-um.

[Of North American Dutch origin, from Munsee pónkwəs.]
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