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   midge

   /mɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a small or minute two-winged fly that forms swarms and breeds near water or marshy areas.
   • ▪ used in names of other small flies whose larvae can be pests of plants, typically producing galls or damaging leaves.
   • 2. a small person. informal

   Word Origin Old Englishmycg(e), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mug and German Mücke, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin musca and Greek muia ‘fly’.

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