black gnat
Americannoun
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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
Is not the artificial black gnat imitative of the live black gnat?
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker
The black gnat was on the water, and the water was strictly preserved.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard
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
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