n. A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidæ, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions.
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n. minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects