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
"I don't know what he'll take, but we'll try him first with a black gnat."
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
Yup, I think a number-fourteen black gnat is what he'll hit, which proves all over again what a darn' old fool I am.
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
We succeeded, however; and presently, across the throat of the upper "run," extended the cast of stone-fly, black gnat, and orange-red spider—possibly the first that ever swept the stream.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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