The smallest of the biting flies, in the genus Culicoides; swarms may attack humans and other animals; vectors of filarial infections. [O.E. mycg]
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midge 'mij n any of numerous tiny dipteran flies (esp. 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 humans and various other vertebrates see BITING MIDGE
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(mij) 1. a small dipterous insect of the family Chironomidae; many species give painful bites, and some are vectors of Mansonella ozzardi and Dipetalonema perstans. 2. any of several small biting insects resembling the Chironomidae, such as various members of Ceratopogonidae and Culicoides.Medical dictionary. 2011.