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Noun: fungus gnat  fúng-gus nat
  1. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings
    - sciara, sciarid
     
  2. Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation

Derived forms: fungus gnats

Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects

Part of: family Mycetophylidae, genus Sciara, Mycetophilidae

Encyclopedia: Fungus gnat