no-see-um
Example Sentences
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Seattle is bad enough—it's so big that I feel like a no-see-um in a Norway pine reserve.
From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair
Night and day are the same to the no-see-um; its warfare is continuous and its bite very annoying, but it disappears with the black-fly in July or August.
From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina
There is another pest of the North Woods which the guides call the no-see-um.
From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.