black gnat
Americannoun
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Sirs: Royal coachman, black gnat, grizzly king, professor!
From Time Magazine Archive
A fly was ready fastened on the line, a black gnat, a little frayed but still hairy enough.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Whatever one's mood, salmon or gudgeon, spinning bait or black gnat, Middlesex or Mississippi, your pages have something to suit it.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
The "punkey," or "black-fly," as it is called, is a small, black gnat, about the size of a garden ant, and the bite of the insect often results very seriously.
From Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making by Gibson, William Hamilton
The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard
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