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A gnat (pronounced /ˈnæt/ "nat") is one of several species of tiny flying insects in the Dipterid suborder Nematocera, especially those in the families Mycetophilidae, Anisopodidae and Sciaridae.

Male gnats often assemble together in large mating swarms, particularly at dusk, called a ghost.

Gnat larvae are mostly free-living and some are aquatic. Many feed on plants, though some are carnivorous. Larval plant feeders (e.g. the Hessian fly larva) cause root, stem, or leaf galls to be formed by the host plant. Some species of fungus gnats (families Mycetophilidae and Sciaridae) are very common pests of mushrooms and roots of potted plants in homes and greenhouses.

Some South American Pleurothallid orchids are pollinated by tiny gnats and have correspondingly small flowers.

See also

• Black fly
• Eye gnat
• Gnat bug
• Gall gnats
• Sand gnat
• Dark-winged fungus gnat
• No-see-um
• Midge
• Mosquito
• Sandfly

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Proper noun

Gnat (plural Gnats)

1. A type of jet fighter aircraft.

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Noun

Gnat m.

1. gnat

From BibleWiki

only in Mt 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Jesus alludes here to the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, "who strain out the gnat;" the words in the Authorized Version, "strain at a gnat," being a mere typographical error, which has been corrected in the Revised Version. The custom of filtering wine for this purpose was common among the Jews. It was founded on Lev 11:23. It is supposed that the "lice," Ex 8:16 (marg. R.V., "sand-flies"), were a species of gnat.

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