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(1):

(n.) Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.

(2):

(n.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nat.html. 1828.
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