chironomid
chironomid noun: any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
Noun
chironomid (plural chironomids)
- Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
- Fossil chironomids have proven useful as indicators of climatic change.
- Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.2012 January, Douglas Larson, “Runaway Devils Lake”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 23 May 2012, page 46
- Synonyms:
- non-biting midge
chironomid meaning in Thai
chironomid in Thai
- Translations
- ริ้นน้ำจืด hín-nám-jʉ̀ʉt
Synonyms of chironomid
Forms of chironomid
| plural | chironomids |
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Origin of chironomid
Borrowed from Translingual Chironomidae.
Questions about chironomid
- What does chironomid mean?
- Chironomid means any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.
- What is chironomid in Thai?
- Chironomid in Thai is ริ้นน้ำจืด (hín-nám-jʉ̀ʉt). See Chironomid meaning in Thai.
- What part of speech is chironomid?
- Chironomid is a noun.
- What is the plural of chironomid?
- The plural of chironomid is chironomids.
Words near chironomid in the dictionary
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