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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various minute, biting flies of the family Ceratopogonidae.
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- noun Any
Ceratopogonidae , a family of small flies (1-4 mm long) in the orderDiptera .
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- noun minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects
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