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gnat

Any of various small flies of the order Diptera, that sometimes suck blood. In Britain, mosquitoes are often called gnats.
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But the beard seemed to melt away as she touched it, and she found herself sitting quietly under a tree--while the Gnat (for that was the insect she had been talking to) was balancing itself on a twig just over her head, and fanning her with its wings.
Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context
When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, down to the minutest detail, to the willow-wren.
Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context
A GNAT settled on the horn of a Bull, and sat there a long time.
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