Gnat
Gnat,
any member of several species of small flies that bite and annoy
humans. Several nonbiting insects, such as the midges, which resemble
mosquitoes, are also sometimes known as gnats. In North America the name is often applied to the black fly, midge, fundus ganat , biting midige, fruit fly ,
and other small flies that hover about the eyes of humans and other
animals. In Great Britain the name usually refers to mosquitoes or less
commonly to crane flies (family Tipulidae).
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