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no-see-um

no-see-um noun: any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.

Noun

no-see-um (plural no-see-ums)

  1. (Southern US, US) Any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.
  2. Any biting bug or insect that is normally too small to see with an unaided eye.
    • Wherever we look up, there suspended against an areola of humming fluorescent white, is a shadowy funnel of tiny flies, bobbing in the air. 'No-See-Um's. This is what one employee calls them.1995, Beloit Fiction Journal, volume 11, page 37
    • These two examples of insect life are the scourge of the North Country, or any country in which they may be found. Many local people refer to any small black fly as a “no-see-Um" but the true bug by that name is indeed very hard to see.2000, William W. Forgey, Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid, page 166

no-see-um meaning in Tamil

no-see-um in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Examples of no-see-um in a sentence

  • But it's often too hot in no-see-um country for a lot of clothing.1998, Frank Sargeant, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boating and Sailing, page 103:
  • Worse yet, the source of the infection is nearly invisible the ubiquitous no-see-um.2000, Undercurrent: (Larkspur, Calif.), volume 15, page 14:
  • One of the biggest scams foisted on the camping community is tent manufacturers extolling their 1995 no-see-um bug netting.2007, The Boundary Waters Journal, volumes 21-22, page 103:

Synonyms of no-see-um

All synonyms of no-see-um

Forms of no-see-um

pluralno-see-ums

Questions about no-see-um

What does no-see-um mean?
No-see-um means any biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae), small flies (1–4 mm long); sometimes the species Leptoconops torrens in particular.
What is no-see-um in Tamil?
No-see-um in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See No-see-um meaning in Tamil.
How do you use no-see-um in a sentence?
But it's often too hot in no-see-um country for a lot of clothing.
What part of speech is no-see-um?
No-see-um is a noun.
What is the plural of no-see-um?
The plural of no-see-um is no-see-ums.

Words near no-see-um in the dictionary

  1. no-scoped
  2. no-scopes
  3. no-scoping
  4. no-score draw
  5. no-score draws
  6. no-see-um
  7. no-see-ums
  8. no-self
  9. no-sell
  10. no-selling
  11. no-sells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: no-see-um (page history and authors); no-see-um (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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