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Meaning Of Gnat
n.
A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing
a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with
needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are
wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes.
See Mosquito.
n.
Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in
America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the
buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.