punkie

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Noun

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punk=ie

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun punkie has 1 sense

punkie(n = noun.animal) biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punky - minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects;

is a kind of gnat

is a member of ceratopogonidae, family ceratopogonidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

punkie, n. [Orig. unknown.].

A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidæ, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]