black gnat

noun

, Angling.

The Black Gnat—dubbed with black mohair, the wings of the lightest part of a starling.

Little Black Gnat—dubbed with black strands from an ostrich, wings, light feather from underneath starling's wing.

This I believe represents some of the order Coleoptera (beetles) and also the small black gnat (Empidae).

It is, speaking broadly, first cousin to the Black Gnat, though it is very much larger.

The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved.

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