Noun: buffalo gnat 'bú-fu,low nat
- Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
"Hikers applied insect repellent to ward off buffalo gnats";
- blackfly, black fly
Derived forms: buffalo gnat, buffalo gnats
Type of: gnat
Part of: genus Simulium, Simulium
Encyclopedia: Buffalo gnat