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GNAT (0. Eng. gnat)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 148 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GNAT (0. Eng. gnat) , the See also:common See also:English name for the smaller dipterous flies (see See also:DIPTERA) of the See also:family Culicidae, which are now included among " mosquitoes " (see See also:MosQuITO). The distinctive See also:term has no zoological significance, but in See also:England the " mosquito " has commonly been distinguished from the " gnat " as a variety of larger See also:size and more poisonous bite.

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