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hayhenny

hayhenny noun: a small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.

Noun

hayhenny (plural hayhennies)

  1. (rare) A small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.
    • “That's only a hayhenny,” he explained. “Hayhennies are lilttle flies. The rising sun is waking 'em up.”1922, Everybody's Magazine, volume 46, page 133
    • Certainly the hayhennies and crowing roosters (at all times of nights) and the breathlessness of the “air” don't encourage one to slumbers.1926, Hart Crane, letter, 30 July

Forms of hayhenny

pluralhayhennies

Origin of hayhenny

From Spanish jejenes, plural of jején (“midge”).

Questions about hayhenny

What does hayhenny mean?
Hayhenny means a small biting midge (especially in Latin America); a noseeum.
What part of speech is hayhenny?
Hayhenny is a noun.
What is the plural of hayhenny?
The plural of hayhenny is hayhennies.

Words near hayhenny in the dictionary

  1. haygrowers
  2. haygrowing
  3. hayhead
  4. hayheads
  5. hayhennies
  6. hayhenny
  7. Hayhurst
  8. hayier
  9. hayiest
  10. Hayim
  11. haying

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