no-see-um
Example Sentences
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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 Lina Beard
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 Lina Beard
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 Sinclair Lewis
