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MIDGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("midge" is a kind of...):
gnat (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)
Holonyms ("midge" is a member of...):
Chironomidae; family Chironomidae (midges)
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