I don't know whether I got this bite from a midge or a mosquito.
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Midge
/mɪd͡ʒ/
Synonyms for "midge" (53 found)
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6 entriesbiting midgechironomid larvafishing midgemidge larvamidge larvaenonbiting midge
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2 entriesmidge larvamidge larvae
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I was bitten by a pesky midge during our camping trip.
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"I am being eaten alive!" cried Pippin. "Midgewater! There are more midges than water!"
Source: wiktionary
Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.
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