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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects;
[syn: punkie, punky, punkey, no-see-um, biting midge]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

no-see-um \no-see-um\ n. (Zool.) Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie. Syn: punkie, punky, punkey, biting midge. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Punkie \Punk"ie\, n. [Orig. unknown.] A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomid[ae], found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

punkie n 1: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects [syn: punkie, punky, punkey, no-see-um, biting midge]