Look up: Gnat

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   Gnat
   Gnat is a popular name for several species of insects of the genus Culex.
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   gnat
   [n] - any of various small biting flies: midges 2. [n] - British usage
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   Gnat
   Day interceptor jet aircraft, Hawker Siddley [UK]
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   Gnat
   (language, tool) An Ada compiler written in Ada using the gcc code generator to allow easy porting to a variety of platforms. Gnat is the only Ada compiler that completely implements the Ada standard, including all the annexes. The compiler is released under the GNU license and is currently maintained by Ada Core Technologies (ACT). (http://gnat.c...
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   Gnat
   Gnat noun [ Anglo-Saxon gnæt .] 1. (Zoology) 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 . 2. Any fly resembling a ...
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   gnat
   1. <zoology> 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. ... 2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; e ...
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   gnat
   noun any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
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   Gnat
   `Gnat` is colloquial name to any of various small insects in the order Diptera and specifically within the suborder Nematocera. This suborder represents the more primitive members of the Dipteran order but still contains several very notable and important families such as the Chironomidae (non-biting midges) and the `Culicidae` (mosquitoes). Other families include the Tipulidae (crane flies), Bibionidae (hairflies), Ceratopogonidae (biting midges...
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   GNAT
   `GNAT` is the GNU Ada Compiler based on GCC. Originally its name was an acronym that stood for `G`NU `N`YU `A`da `T`ranslator`, but that name no longer applies. The front-end and run-time are written in Ada. The project started in 1992 when the United States Air Force awarded the New York University (NYU) a contract to build an open source compiler for Ada to help with the Ada 9X standardization process. The 3-million-dollar contract required th...
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    Gnat
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) 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 sk...
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    gnat
    any member of several species of small flies that bite and annoy humans. Several nonbiting insects, such as the midges, which resemble mosquitoes, ... [1 related articles]
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    gnat
    A midge; general term applied to several species of minute insects, including species of Simulium (buffalo gnat) and Hippelates (eye gnat). British authors sometimes include mosquitoes in this group, but this is not done in the U.S. [A.S. gnaet]
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    gnat
    gnat, common name for any one of a number of small, fragile-looking two-winged flies of the suborder Nematocera, order Diptera, which includes the families Tipulidae (crane flies), Bibionidae (hairflies), Ceratopogonidae (biting midges), Chironomidae (true midges), Cecidomyidae (gall midges), Simuli...
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