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midge (mij)

noun

any of various families (esp. Chironomidae) of small, two-winged, gnatlike dipteran insects, including the gall midges and biting midges

Etymology: ME migge < OE mycg, akin to Ger mücke < IE base *mu-, echoic for fly, gnat > L musca, a fly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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