midge
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- noun
- /mɪdʒ/
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mosquito
- When the sun sets, the air fills with midges that buzz around the water's edge.
- biting midges
- gall midge
So these little midges saw these lights at the Jeff and Moreau floodlights came on and they would fly there and they would frolic and then they'd die, OK.
- So these little midges saw these lights at the Jeff and Moreau floodlights came on and they would fly there and they would frolic and then they'd die, OK.
- Is that a fairy or and a we midge is that there's these insects that swarm.
Examples
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The most notorious pests are mosquitoes, blackflies, and biting midges, which can be a moderate to severe nuisance depending on the location.
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In such settings, only a few species of highly tolerant fauna (e.g., midge larvae, tubificid oligochaetes) may dominate the aquatic sediments.
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The November boom follows on from record midge numbers this summer.
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Lazy streams, angry little midges of water up in the mountains...
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Let's take a look at these when Daphnia smell midge larvae in the water.
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So that in the absence of these midges, fish were good for algae.
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During August, the midges in the highlands are exasperating.
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Scientists in Europe and Montana have studied the midge, and Spencer has already obtained a release permit from APHIS.
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There are a lot of midges and other insects like beetles, bees, and grasshoppers.
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The researchers at Laramie are also making important discoveries about genes in the midges that allow these tiny creatures to serve as vectors.
Academic text (1999)
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Etymology
Midge comes from an old English word mycg meaning 'small fly' or 'gnat', and it is like the German word Mücke. That's why midge today means a very small flying insect often found near water.