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noun
Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: non-biting midge
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Translingual Chironomidae.
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5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
