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Definition of No-see-um
1. Noun. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.
Generic synonyms: Gnat
Group relationships: Ceratopogonidae, Family Ceratopogonidae
Definition of No-see-um
1. Noun. ''Leptoconops torrens'', a small biting fly. ¹
2. Noun. Any ''Ceratopogonidae'', or biting midge, a family of small flies (1-4 mm long) in the order Diptera. ¹
3. Noun. Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see unaided. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of No-see-um
Literary usage of No-see-um
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Romance of the Colorado River: The Story of Its Discovery in 1540, with by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh (1902)
"... more! no see um squaw any more! no see um papoose any more!" and thus begins
and ends the only history of native navigation on this upper river I ever ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... account of its minute size is the so-called punky or "no see um" of northern
woods. The buffalo gnat is quite as bloodthirsty as the mosquito, ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... where it is called 'no-see-um.' Other species are found in both North and
South America. The larvae feed on decaying animal or vegetable matter. ..."
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