English Explanatory Dictionary

chironomid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.

Word forms

chironomid chironomids

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Chironomidae.

Synonyms

non-biting midge
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