Usually means: Small biting black fly species.
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  1. buffalo gnat: Merriam-Webster
  2. buffalo gnat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buffalo gnat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buffalo gnat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buffalo gnat: Vocabulary.com
  6. buffalo gnat: Wordnik
  7. Buffalo gnat, buffalo gnat: Dictionary.com
  8. Buffalo Gnat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. buffalo gnat: Rhymezone
  10. buffalo gnat: FreeDictionary.org
  11. buffalo gnat: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. buffalo gnat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. buffalo gnat: Encyclopedia

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  1. buffalo gnat: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from WordNet (buffalo gnat)

▸ noun:  small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

Types:
black fly, no-see-um, punkie, sand fly, biting midge, more...

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black fly, no-see-um, punkie, sand fly, biting midge, more...




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