no-see-um

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no-see-um

noun no-see-ums

Southern US, US Any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.
Similar: midgie, sand fly, punkie, punky
Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see with an unaided eye. Wherever we look up, there suspended against an areola of humming fluorescent white, is a shadowy funnel of tiny flies, bobbing in the air. 'No-See-Um's. This is what one employee calls them.

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@misc{no_see_um_2026,
  title = {no-see-um},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/no-see-um},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}