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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

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midge

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midge

IPA(Pronunciation)

/mɪdʒ/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

チロノミダエ科、チャオボラエ科、セラトポゴニダエ科などに属する、小型の二枚翅を持つ各種のハエ。

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At dusk, a single midge hovered over the pond, drawn to the still water.

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夕暮れに、たった一匹のユスリカが池の上を漂い、静かな水面に惹かれていた。

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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

midges

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