Word Meaning

gnat definition and meaning

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.
n. 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.

Crossword clues for gnat

- A biting insect
- Biblical plague insect
- Biting fly
- Biting insect
- Blackfly
- Insect
- Irritating insect
- Mosquito-like fly
- Mosquito-like insect
- Odd gunman to get insect
- Small biting fly
- Small bloodsucker
- Small fly
- Tiny insect