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pium

pium noun: a black fly, a bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium, found in Brazil.

Noun

pium (plural piums)

  1. A black fly, a bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium, found in Brazil.
    • […] piums had no preference on the human body. They bit wherever they could touch skin. If the very sensitive felt them biting and ran a hand over, say, the face, the tiny piums calmly sacrificed their lives to their gluttony.1951, Arthur J. Burks, Bells Above the Amazon, page 40
    • As I walk down the path, almost slide down the steep bank to the bathing spot, mosquitoes have largely retreated (they never go away entirely) and piums are only just beginning to wake.2010, R.M.W. Dixon, I Am a Linguist: With a Foreword by Peter Matthews, page 19

Forms of pium

pluralpiums

Questions about pium

What does pium mean?
Pium means a black fly, a bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium, found in Brazil.
What part of speech is pium?
Pium is a noun.
What is the plural of pium?
The plural of pium is piums.

Words near pium in the dictionary

  1. Pitzen
  2. Pitzens
  3. Pitzer
  4. Pitzers
  5. Pitzes
  6. pium
  7. piums
  8. piupiu
  9. piupius
  10. Piura
  11. piuri

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