midge
/mɪdʒ/noun
1
- a small or minute two-winged fly that is often seen in dancing swarms near water or marshy areas where it breeds摇蚊; 蠓。
1.1
- The families Chironomidae (the non-biting midges), and Ceratopogonidae (see BITING MIDGE): numerous species.摇蚊科和蠓科（见BITING MIDGE）： 众多种。
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- with modifier any of a number of small flies whose larvae can be pests of plants, typically producing galls or damaging leaves双翅目小虫。
2
- informal a small person〈非正式〉侏儒, 矮人。
词源
Old English mycg（e）, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mug and German Mücke, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin musca and Greek muia 'fly'.