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BUFFALO GNAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does buffalo gnat mean?
• BUFFALO GNAT (noun)
The noun BUFFALO GNAT has 1 sense:
1. small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
Familiarity information: BUFFALO GNAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat
Hypernyms ("buffalo gnat" is a kind of...):
gnat (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)
Holonyms ("buffalo gnat" is a member of...):
genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)
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