Usually means: Aquatic insects, non-biting midge larvae.
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  1. chironomid: Merriam-Webster
  2. chironomid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chironomid: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chironomid, chironomid: Wordnik
  5. chironomid: Wiktionary
  6. Chironomid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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▸ noun:  (entomology) Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera.

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chironomoid, chironomine, non-biting midge, midge, lake fly, biting midge, chermid, orthoclad, phantom midge, chyromyid, more...

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chironomoid, chironomine, non-biting midge, midge, lake fly, biting midge, chermid, orthoclad, phantom midge, chyromyid, more...



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