gnat (n t)n. Any of various small, biting, two-winged flies, such as a punkie or black fly. [Middle English, from Old English gnæt.] |
gnat [næt]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small fragile biting dipterous insects of the suborder Nematocera, esp Culex pipiens (common gnat), which abounds near stagnant water
[Old English gnætt; related to Middle High German gnaz scurf, German dialect Gnitze gnat]
gnatlike adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  gnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand fliesdipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects - insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie, punky - minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects midge - minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water psychodid - a fly of the family Psychodidae Phlebotomus papatasii, sand fly, sandfly - any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis black fly, buffalo gnat, blackfly - small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals |
| 2. | gnat - (British usage) mosquito mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals |
gnat noun
Translations
gnat
n → (Stech)mücke f
n gnat [nat]
a very small, usually blood-sucking, fly. muggie ذُبابَه مّصّاصَة دم комар komár myg die Mücke σκνίπα jején sääsk پشه sääski moucheron ברחש एक प्रकार की खून चुसने वाली मक्खी mušica, komarac szúnyog agas (bit)mÿ; moskító moscerino ぶよ 각다귀 uodas ods agas mug; muskiet knott, mygg komar melga ţânţar комар komár komar komarac mygga, knott แมลงเล็ก ๆ tatarcık 蚋(一種吸血小蠅) комар کوئی اڑنے والا چھوٹا کیڑا، مچھر muỗi nhỏ 小咬；小昆虫
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