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no-see-um
noun
any small, nearly invisible insect that bites US, 1842- — Robert O. Bowen, An Alaskan Dictionary, p. 24, 1965
- No-see-ums are called many different things, mostly unprintable. — Mark Wheeler, Half Baked Alaska, p. 104, 1972
- Wiley swatted no-see-’ems in the darkness for three hours until he heard the hum of a passing motorboat. — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 359, 1986
- The bain of all those who venture into the bush, “noseeums” are also known across much of Canada, but they were named by the Indians and appear to be at their worst in the western bush. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 107, 1987
- [A] number of kids had lit strips of newspaper, making a game of swirling them in loops, trying to smoke away the mosquitoes and no-see-ums. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 384, 1992
- — Mike Doogan, How to Speak Alaskan, p. 46, 1993
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