noun. Any of various tiny two-winged flies, especially those that sometimes form swarms.

noun. A bird: same as knot.

noun. A small two-winged fly, Culex pipiens, of the family Culicidæ, suborder Nemocera, and order Diptera, called in America mosquito.

noun. Any other insect of the family Culicidæ.—

noun. A nemocerous dipterous insect; a midge.

noun. A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See mosquito.

noun. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.

noun. one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus Polioptila, allied to the kinglets.

noun. the bee flower.

noun. the European goatsucker; -- called also gnat owl.

noun. a bird that catches gnats.

noun. a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. Matt. xxiii. 24.

noun. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

noun. (British usage) mosquito

noun. any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

"Palin also ridicules her former fiance, Levi Johnston who she describes as a "gnat ... constantly spreading false accusations against our family.""

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