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midge
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midge
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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Midge
(gcide) | Midge \Midge\, n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D.
mug, G. m["u]cke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m?, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan.
myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. ? to low, bellow.]
(Zool.)
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1. Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the
Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their
larvae are usually aquatic.
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2. A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United
States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its
bite.
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Note: The name is also applied to various other small flies.
See Wheat midge, under Wheat.
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midge
(wn) | midge
n 1: minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting
mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water |
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midget
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smidge
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smidgen
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Apple midge
(gcide) | Apple \Ap"ple\ ([a^]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [ae]ppel,
[ae]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [aum]ple, Dan. [ae]ble, Gael. ubhall,
W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[*u]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
unknown origin.]
1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
temperate zones.
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Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
kind, from which all others have sprung.
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2. (bot.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken
into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
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3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
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4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
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Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
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Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
Blight, n.
Apple borer (Zool.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
candida} or Saperda bivittata), the larva of which bores
into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
Apple brandy, brandy made from apples.
Apple butter, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
--Bartlett.
Apple corer, an instrument for removing the cores from
apples.
Apple fly (Zool.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which
burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
Drosophila and Trypeta.
Apple midge (Zool.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
Apple of the eye, the pupil.
Apple of discord, a subject of contention and envy, so
called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed "For
the fairest," which was thrown into an assembly of the
gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for
by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the
latter.
Apple of love, or Love apple, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
esculentum}).
Apple of Peru, a large coarse herb (Nicandra physaloides)
bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
inclosing a dry berry.
Apples of Sodom, a fruit described by ancient writers as
externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
given to the fruit of Solanum Sodom[ae]um, a prickly
shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
Apple sauce, stewed apples. [U. S.]
Apple snail or Apple shell (Zool.), a fresh-water,
operculated, spiral shell of the genus Ampullaria.
Apple tart, a tart containing apples.
Apple tree, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
Apple, 2.
Apple wine, cider.
Apple worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa
pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See
Codling moth.
Dead Sea Apple.
(a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea
apples of politics." --S. B. Griffin.
(b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut.
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biting midge
(gcide) | no-see-um \no-see-um\ n. (Zool.)
Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family
Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds
and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie.
Syn: punkie, punky, punkey, biting midge.
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Gall midge
(gcide) | Gall \Gall\ (g[add]l), n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L.
galla.] (Zool.)
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by
insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by
small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay
their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls.
Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.
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Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by
insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak
(Quercus infectoria syn. Quercus Lusitanica) of
Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much
tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article
and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in
medicine.
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Gall insect (Zool.), any insect that produces galls.
Gall midge (Zool.), any small dipterous insect that
produces galls.
Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the
galls of commerce.
Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the
surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall
and sandiver. --Ure.
Gall wasp. (Zool.) See Gallfly.
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Mackerel midge
(gcide) | Mackerel \Mack`er*el\, n. [OF. maquerel, F. maquereau (LL.
macarellus), prob. for maclereau, fr. L. macula a spot, in
allusion to the markings on the fish. See Mail armor.]
(Zool.)
Any species of the genus Scomber of the family
Scombridae, and of several related genera. They are finely
formed and very active oceanic fishes. Most of them are
highly prized for food.
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Note: The common mackerel (Scomber scombrus), which
inhabits both sides of the North Atlantic, is one of
the most important food fishes. It is mottled with
green and blue. The Spanish mackerel ({Scomberomorus
maculatus}), of the American coast, is covered with
bright yellow circular spots.
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Bull mackerel, Chub mackerel. (Zool.) See under Chub.
Frigate mackerel. See under Frigate.
Horse mackerel . See under Horse.
Mackerel bird (Zool.), the wryneck; -- so called because it
arrives in England at the time when mackerel are in
season.
Mackerel cock (Zool.), the Manx shearwater; -- so called
because it precedes the appearance of the mackerel on the
east coast of Ireland.
Mackerel guide. (Zool.) See Garfish
(a) .
Mackerel gull (Zool.) any one of several species of gull
which feed upon or follow mackerel, as the kittiwake.
Mackerel midge (Zool.), a very small oceanic gadoid fish of
the North Atlantic. It is about an inch and a half long
and has four barbels on the upper jaw. It is now
considered the young of the genus Onos, or Motella.
Mackerel plow, an instrument for creasing the sides of lean
mackerel to improve their appearance. --Knight.
Mackerel shark (Zool.), the porbeagle.
Mackerel sky, or Mackerel-back sky, a sky flecked with
small white clouds; a cirro-cumulus. See Cloud.
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Mackerel sky and mare's-tails
Make tall ships carry low sails. --Old Rhyme.
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Midge
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
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3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
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The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
[1913 Webster]Midge \Midge\, n. [OE. migge, AS. mycge; akin to OS. muggia, D.
mug, G. m["u]cke, OHG. mucca, Icel. m?, Sw. mygga, mygg, Dan.
myg; perh. named from its buzzing; cf. Gr. ? to low, bellow.]
(Zool.)
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1. Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the
Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their
larvae are usually aquatic.
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2. A very small fly, abundant in many parts of the United
States and Canada, noted for the irritating quality of its
bite.
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Note: The name is also applied to various other small flies.
See Wheat midge, under Wheat.
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Midget
(gcide) | Midget \Midg"et\, n. [Dim. of midge.]
1. (Zool.) A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.]
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2. A very diminutive person having normal proportions of the
body parts; compare dwarf.
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Wheat midge
(gcide) | Wheat \Wheat\ (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
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Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
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Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zool.), any one of several
species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the sap
of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zool.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle ({Sylvanus
Surinamensis}) whose larvae feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle ({Anobium
paniceum}) whose larvae eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zool.), the American widgeon. [Western U. S.]
Wheat fly. (Zool.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zool.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zool.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zool.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zool.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larvae suck the juice of the young kernels and when full
grown change to pupae in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zool.), any moth whose larvae devour the grains
of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain moth. See
Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zool.), a small brown thrips ({Thrips
cerealium}) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zool.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat.
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biting midge
(wn) | biting midge
n 1: minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals
and birds and other insects [syn: punkie, punky,
punkey, no-see-um, biting midge] |
gall midge
(wn) | gall midge
n 1: fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants
[syn: gall midge, gallfly, gall gnat] |
midget
(wn) | midget
adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny, flyspeck]
n 1: a person who is markedly small [syn: dwarf, midget,
nanus] |
mud midget
(wn) | mud midget
n 1: having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North
America [syn: mud midget, bogmat, {Wolffiella
gladiata}] |
smidge
(wn) | smidge
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge] |
smidgen
(wn) | smidgen
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge] |
smidgeon
(wn) | smidgeon
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge] |
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