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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
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common
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English name for the smaller dipterous flies (see
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DIPTERA) of the
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family Culicidae, which are now included among " mosquitoes " (see
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MosQuITO) . The distinctive
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term has no zoological significance, but in
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England the " mosquito " has commonly been distinguished from the "
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gnat " as a variety of larger
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size and more poisonous bite .

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