Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous small nonbiting flies of the family Chironomidae, having aquatic larvae and often forming large swarms near ponds and lakes.
- noun Any of various similar dipteran insects, such as the biting midges and the gall midges.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A two-winged fly of the order Diptera and suborder Nemocera; a gnat or some insect resembling one: a popular name applied with little discrimination to many different insects.
- noun Something small of its kind, as the fry of fish; a dwarf; a midget.
- noun A very small one-horse carriage used in the Isle of Wight, England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvæ are usually aquatic.
- noun A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various small two-winged
flies , for example, from the familyChironomidae or non-biting midges, the familyChaoboridae or phantom midges, and the familyCeratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the orderDiptera .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Midget is a diminutive: MIDGE+ET, where a midge is a small insect resembling a gnat.
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I knew that a midge was a small, annoying insect that flew around your head.
The Viking Claw Michael Dahl 2001
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We are told that Blue Tongue has been visited upon Britain as a result of global warning allowing a certain kind of midge to migrate Northwards through Europe, and high winds which then blew these midges across the North Sea.
Archive 2007-09-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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We are told that Blue Tongue has been visited upon Britain as a result of global warning allowing a certain kind of midge to migrate Northwards through Europe, and high winds which then blew these midges across the North Sea.
The Polluter Pays - unless your name is Gordon Glyn Davies 2007
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And then, of course, there's the 2007 AL Division Series "midge" game, when Chamberlain allowed the tying run out of the bullpen in New York's Game 2 loss.
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And then, of course, there's the 2007 AL Division Series "midge" game, when Chamberlain allowed the tying run out of the bullpen in New York's Game 2 loss.
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And then, of course, there's the 2007 AL Division Series "midge" game, when Chamberlain allowed the tying run out of the bullpen in New York's Game 2 loss.
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And then, of course, there's the 2007 AL Division Series "midge" game, when Chamberlain allowed the tying run out of the bullpen in New York's Game 2 loss.
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I'm with prairieghost when he said a # 20 bh zebra midge.
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Yes | No | Report from jerry k wrote 1 year 3 weeks ago definatly a size 16 copper john in the nymph catagory, a size 22 jujubee for a midge, and for a dry fly a tie between a orange stimulator and a bwo thorax.
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