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Definition of Midges
1. midge [n] - See also: midge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Midges
Literary usage of Midges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"The insects of this family, commonly known as "midges," are small, delicate flies
with simple wing venation and no ocelli. The antennae of the males of most ..."
2. The Forester: A Practical Treatise on British Forestry and Arboriculture for by John Nisbet (1905)
"Various midges cause malformation of shoots, and malformation of buds like that
... Gall-midges often do considerable damage in Osier-beds, as the nodes or ..."
3. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"THE midges DANCE ABOON THE BURN. ... down the rushy holm THE midges dance aboon
the burn; Set up their e'ening ca'. Now loud and clear the blackbird's sang ..."
4. A Satire Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1905)
"midges SHE is talking aesthetics, the dear, clever teacher! ... Meanwhile, there
is dancing in yonder green bower A swarm of young midges! ..."
5. A Satire Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1905)
"midges SHE is talking aesthetics, the dear, clever teacher! ... Meanwhile, there
is dancing in yonder green bower A swarm of young midges! ..."
6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1913)
"DESCRIPTIONS OF GALL midges (DIPTERA). BY EP FELT, ALBANY, NY Below we give
descriptions of several species of gall midges, all reared, one striking form ..."
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