midge

Definitions


[mɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small or minute two-winged fly that forms swarms and breeds near water or marshy areas

- a small person


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English mycg(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mug and German Mücke, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin musca and Greek muia ‘fly’




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