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Webster 1913 Edition
Midge
Midge
,Noun.
[OE.
migge
, AS. mycge
; akin to OS. muggia
, D. mug
, G. mücke
, OHG. mucca
, Icel. m[GREEK]
, Sw. mygga
, mygg
, Dan. myg
; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. [GREEK] to low, bellow.] (Zool.)
1.
Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the
Chironomus
, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvae are usually aquatic. 2.
A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its bite.
☞ The name is also applied to various other small flies. See
Wheat midge
, under Wheat
. Webster 1828 Edition
Midge
MIDGE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
midge
midge
English
A midge laying eggs
midges (lures)
Noun
midge (plural midges)
- Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
- 2012 January 1, Douglas Larson, “Runaway Devils Lake”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 46:
- 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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- (fishing) Any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge.
Derived terms
Terms derived from midge
Translations
fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae