buffalo gnat

English Thesaurus

1. small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnat,
definition	:	any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus simulium, simulium,
definition	:	type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies (noun.animal)