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buffalo gnat
buffalo gnat
noun
- any of various small North American blood-sucking dipterous insects of the genus Simulium and related genera: family Simuliidae Also calledblack fly
Word History and Origins
Origin of buffalo gnat1
Example Sentences
She took a side trip into her experiences reporting on white supremacists, likening them to the biting buffalo gnats that invaded Greenville last spring.
It says the flies, also known as “buffalo gnats,” will try to crawl into people’s ears, noses and eyes.
The extended snow means extended melt, and the heavy runoff has led to a bumper crop of biting buffalo gnats, residents of Sierraville complained at the village market.
The recent rains and flooding have left parts of the state awash in high, running water - ideal breeding conditions for the bugs also known as biting gnats or buffalo gnats.
They weaned Billy Louise's thoughts from her own ranch worries and nagged at her with the persistence of a swarm of buffalo gnats.
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