English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of gnat

gnat

/noun/ कुटकी; मच्छर; मच्छड़; पिस्सू; भुनगा; डंस; मशक; वन-मक्खी; ; डाँस;

Synonym mosquito; jigger; maggot; gadfly; cleg;

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English Dictionary:

1. Gnat

[n.]

- A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.
- Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.