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Pesky Insect

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

• (British usage) mosquito

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noun

• any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

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noun

• minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

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