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    BUFFALO GNAT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammalsplay

    Synonyms:

    black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("buffalo gnat" is a kind of...):

    gnat (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)

    Holonyms ("buffalo gnat" is a member of...):

    genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)

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