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piums

piums is the plural of pium.

Meaning of pium

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

Questions about piums

What is piums the plural of?
Piums is the plural of pium.

Words near piums in the dictionary

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

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