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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies;

2. (British usage) mosquito;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gnat \Gnat\, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.] 1. (Zool.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito. [1913 Webster] 2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc. [1913 Webster] Gnat catcher (Zool.), one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets. Gnat flower, the bee flower. Gnat hawk (Zool.), the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl. Gnat snapper (Zool.), a bird that catches gnats. Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gnat n 1: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies 2: (British usage) mosquito
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnat": crumb, dot, drop, droplet, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite, mote, particle, pinhead, pinpoint, point, scrap, snip, snippet, speck, tittle, vanishing point
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

GNAT GNU Ada Translator (GNU)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Gnat An Ada compiler written in Ada using the gcc code generator to allow easy porting to a variety of platforms. Gnat is the only Ada compiler that completely implements the Ada standard, including all the annexes. The compiler is released under the GNU license and is currently maintained by Ada Core Technologies (ACT). (http://gnat.com/). (1999-06-24)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Gnat only in Matt. 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Our Lord alludes here to the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, "who strain out the gnat;" the words in the Authorized Version, "strain at a gnat," being a mere typographical error, which has been corrected in the Revised Version. The custom of filtering wine for this purpose was common among the Jews. It was founded on Lev. 11:23. It is supposed that the "lice," Ex. 8:16 (marg. R.V., "sand-flies"), were a species of gnat.