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Definition: Gnat snapper
Gnat
\Gnat\, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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2. 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.
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Gnat catcher (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of small
American singing birds, of the genus
Polioptila, allied
to the kinglets.
Gnat flower, the bee flower.
Gnat hawk (Zo["o]l.), the European goatsucker; -- called
also
gnat owl.
Gnat snapper (Zo["o]l.), a bird that catches gnats.
Gnat strainer, a person ostentatiously punctilious about
trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24.
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