| Noun | 1. | family Ceratopogonidae - biting midges; sand flies arthropod family - any of the arthropods Nematocera, suborder Nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky - minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects Ceratopogon, genus Ceratopogon - type genus of the Ceratopogonidae |