BITING MIDGE

Meaning of BITING MIDGE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1945

: any of a family (Ceratopogonidae) of tiny biting dipteran flies of which some are vectors of filarial worms

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BITING MIDGE — noun Date: 1945 any of a family (Ceratopogonidae) of tiny biting dipteran flies of which some are vectors of filarial …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BITING MIDGE — noun : a midge of the family Ceratopogonidae
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITING MIDGE — punkie. [ 1940-45 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING MIDGE — n. punky, punkie, extemely tiny bloodsucking two-winged insect
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BITING MIDGE — Date: 1945 : any of a family (Ceratopogonidae) of tiny biting dipteran flies of which some are vectors of filarial …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITING MIDGE — [biting midge] n (1945): any of a family (Ceratopogonidae) of tiny biting dipteran flies of which some are vectors of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BITING MIDGE — the smallest bloodsucking insect (about 1 millimetre [0.04 inch] long), sometimes considered a member of the midge family (Chironomidae) but …
Britannica English vocabulary
BITING — ma hait
English-Visayan vocabulary
MIDGE — noun Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old High German mucka ~, Greek myia fly, Latin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BITING — adjective Date: 14th century having the power to bite , ~ly adverb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MIDGE — Any of a group of tiny dipterans , sometimes called gnats and classified as nonbiting (family Chironomidae), biting (family Ceratopogonidae), …
Английский словарь Британика
MIDGE — ˈmij noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old Saxon myggia midge, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BITING — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of biten : that bites or tends to bite especially with the production …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDGE — (n.) A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality …
Английский словарь Webster
MIDGE — (n.) Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their …
Английский словарь Webster
BITING — (a.) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
Английский словарь Webster
BITING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bite
Английский словарь Webster
MIDGE — ( n. ) Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDGE — ( n. ) A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United States and Canada, noted for the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Bite
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — ( a. ) That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDGE — /mij/ , n. 1. any of numerous minute dipterous insects, esp. of the family Chironomidae, somewhat resembling a mosquito. Cf. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BITING — — bitingly , adv. — bitingness , n. /buy"ting/ , adj. 1. nipping; smarting; keen: biting cold; a biting sensation …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MIDGE — n. small insect similar to a mosquito, gnat; little person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BITING — n. nipping, nibbling; gnawing; morsel, small bit of food
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MIDGE — noun Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old High German mucka midge, Greek myia fly, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BITING — adjective Date: 14th century : having the power to bite a biting wind especially : able to grip and impress …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MIDGE — noun a very small fly, abundant in many parts of the united states and canada, noted for the irritating quality …
Webster English vocab
BITING — adj that bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. 2. biting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of bite.
Webster English vocab
MIDGE — ■ noun 1》 a small two-winged fly that forms swarms near water or marshy areas, and of which many kinds …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MIDGE — [midge] n [ME migge, fr. OE mycg; akin to OHG mucka midge, Gk myia fly, L musca] (bef. 12c): a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MIDGE — also called Chironomid, Nonbiting Midge, or Gnat (family Chironomidae), any of a group of tiny two-winged flies (order Diptera). Although …
Britannica English vocabulary
MIDGE — midge BrE AmE mɪdʒ ▷ midges ˈmɪdʒ ɪz -əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BITING — biting BrE AmE ˈbaɪt ɪŋ AmE \ ˈbaɪt̬ ɪŋ ▷ biting|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MIDGE — / mɪdʒ; NAmE / noun a small flying insect that lives especially in damp places and that bites humans and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITING — / ˈbaɪtɪŋ; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a wind ) very cold and unpleasant 2. ( of remarks ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDGE — midge /mɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mycg ] a small flying insect that can …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BITING — bit ‧ ing /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . a biting wind is unpleasantly cold SYN icy : A biting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDGE — n. 1 colloq. a a gnatlike insect. b a small person. 2 a any dipterous non-biting insect of the family …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BITING — adj. 1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). øøbitingly adv.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIDGE — n. 1 colloq. a a gnatlike insect. b a small person. 2 a any dipterous non-biting insect of the family …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BITING — adj. 1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). bitingly adv.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MIDGE — n.1 colloq. a a gnatlike insect. b a small person. 2 a any dipterous non-biting insect of the family Chironomidae. …
Oxford English vocab
BITING — adj.1 stinging; intensely cold (a biting wind). 2 sharp; effective (biting wit; biting sarcasm). Derivatives: bitingly adv.
Oxford English vocab
MIDGE — ( midges) Midges are very small insects which bite. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BITING — 1. Biting wind or cold is extremely cold. ...a raw, biting northerly wind... Antarctic air brought biting cold to southern …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MIDGE — (~s) Midges are very small insects which bite. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BITING — 1. Biting wind or cold is extremely cold. ...a raw, ~ northerly wind... Antarctic air brought ~ cold to southern …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MIDGE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the sun rose higher, millions of midges emerged. ▪ But it was no better …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BITING — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an icy/biting/bitter wind (= very cold ) ▪ She shivered in the icy wind. savage/stinging/vicious/biting …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDGE — [noun] [C] - a small fly which flies in groups, and sometimes bites
Cambridge English vocab
BITING — [adjective], [adverb] - (of weather) extremely cold, esp. in a way that can cause you to feel physical paina biting …
Cambridge English vocab
MIDGE — n. Any of a group of tiny dipterans , sometimes called gnats and classified as nonbiting (family Chironomidae), biting (family …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIDGE — Synonyms and related words : Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, brownie, crumb, dot, drop, droplet, dwarf, elf, fleck, flyspeck, gnat, gnome, grain, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MIDGE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: DWARF , homunculus, hop-o'-my-thumb, lilliputian, manikin, midget, peewee, pygmy, runt, Tom Thumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BITING — adj. Biting is used with these nouns: ↑ chill , ↑ cold , ↑ insect , ↑ sarcasm , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BITING — n. 25B6; adjective biting comments : VICIOUS, harsh, cruel, savage, cutting, sharp, bitter, scathing, caustic, acid, acrimonious, acerbic, stinging; vitriolic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BITING — adj. severe, harsh, cutting, piercing, penetrating, keen, sharp, bitter; cold, wintry, freezing The biting wind went right through his thin …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MIDGE — сущ. 1) мошка; комар Syn : mosquito, gnat 2) = midget 2) 3) мальки рыб 4) маленький одноконный экипаж 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITING — прил. 1) едкий, острый 2) резкий, язвительный Syn : sarcastic острый, едкий резкий, пронизывающий - * wind резкий ветер язвительный, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BITING — biting.ogg ʹbaıtıŋ a 1> острый, едкий 2> резкий, пронизывающий biting wind - резкий /пронизывающий/ ветер 3> язвительный, колкий biting words …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BITING — прил.1) едкий, острый, резкий, сильный, пронзительный; вызывающий боль biting wind — резкий, пронзительный ветер biting weather — пронизывающая погода Syn:keen …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BITING — a 1> острый, едкий 2> резкий, пронизывающий biting wind - резкий /пронизывающий/ ветер 3> язвительный, колкий biting words - язвительные …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BITING — прил. 1) едкий, острый, резкий, сильный, пронзительный; вызывающий боль biting wind — резкий, пронзительный ветер biting weather — пронизывающая погода …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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