ˈmij noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old Saxon myggia midge, Old High German mucka, Old Norse mȳ midge, Greek myia fly, Latin musca, Old Slavic mucha
1. : any of numerous tiny two-winged flies chiefly of the families Ceratopogonidae, Cecidomyiidae, and Chironomidae, many of which are capable of giving painful bites and some of which are vectors or intermediate hosts of parasites of man and various other vertebrates — compare biting midge
2.
a. : a diminutive person
b. : a very small fish