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Definition of Fungus gnat

1. Noun. Minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings.

2. Noun. Mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungus Gnat

fungoid fungoids fungological fungologist fungologists fungology fungosities fungosity fungous fungous foot

fungs fungus fungus ball fungus family fungus genus fungus gnat (current term) fungus kingdom fungus order funguses funguslike

fungusproof fungusproofed fungusproofing funhouses funic funicle funicles funicular funicular graft

Literary usage of Fungus gnat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"FUNGUS-GNAT. See FUNGUS-EATERS ; GNATS. FUNK, Franz Xaver von, German Catholic theologian: b. Abts-Gmünd, Württemberg, 1840; d. 1907. ..."

2. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1907)
"A fungus gnat, enticed perhaps by the striped house of refuge from cold spring winds, and with a prospect of food below, enters and slides down the inside ..."

3. New Zealand Adventure Guide by Bette Flagler (2005)
"They are the larval stage of the fungus gnat, which is a relative of the mosquito. They attach themselves to cave roofs (or overhangs) and produce a 20 to ..."

4. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"A fungus gnat, enticed perhaps by the striped house of refuge from cold spring winds, and with a prospect of food below, enters and slides down the inside ..."

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