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Noun: gnat  nat
  1. Any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
     
  2. (British usage) mosquito

Derived forms: gnats

Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, mosquito, mossie [Brit, informal], mozzie [Brit, informal], skeeter [N. Amer, Austral, informal], two-winged insects

Encyclopedia: Gnat