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GNAT |
Small fly |
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MIDGE |
Small biting fly |
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MINGE |
A small biting fly; a midge. |
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CHIP |
To break or fly off in small pieces. |
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ANIMALCULE |
A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. |
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DEMOISELLE |
A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. |
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SPRINKLE |
To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles. |
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CECIDOMYIA |
A genus of small dipterous files, including several
very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly. |
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ARMY WORM |
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which
marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under
Cotton. |
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TIPCAT |
A game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends,
called a cat, is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, so as to fly
into the air. |
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HARRIER |
One of several species of hawks or buzzards of the genus
Circus which fly low and harry small animals or birds, -- as the
European marsh harrie... |
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JACK |
...y, usually
hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack.
The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each ... |
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LADYBIRD |
Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus
Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also
ladybug, ladycloc... |
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JOINTWORM |
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma
hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat,
usually at or just abo... |
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SKIMMER |
...the lower mandible immersed, thus
skimming out small fishes. The American species (R. nigra) is common on
the southern coasts of the United Stat... |