midge

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noun

Plural noun:

midgesmidgiemidgymidgeyminge

1.
Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
2.
(Northern England, Scotland)(Scotland, Northern England, now chiefly school slang) A small, short or insignificant person.
3.
(fishing) Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.

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gnat

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From Middle English mydge, migge, from Old English myġġ, myċġ (midge, gnat, mosquito), from *muggju, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mu-, *mew- (fly, midge).