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noun Angling.

a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.

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Words nearby black gnat

Black Friar, Black Friday, black frost, black game, black gang, black gnat, black gold, black grouse, blackguard, black guillemot, Black Hand

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How to use black gnat in a sentence

The Black Gnat—dubbed with black mohair, the wings of the lightest part of a starling.
The Teesdale Angler|R Lakeland
Little Black Gnat—dubbed with black strands from an ostrich, wings, light feather from underneath starling's wing.
The Teesdale Angler|R Lakeland
This I believe represents some of the order Coleoptera (beetles) and also the small black gnat (Empidae).
How to Tie Flies|E. C. Gregg
It is, speaking broadly, first cousin to the Black Gnat, though it is very much larger.
Old Flies in New Dresses|Charles Edward Walker

The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved.
The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling