Gnat

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gnat \Gnat\, n. [AS. gn[ae]t.]
     1. (Zool.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus
        {Culex}, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females
        have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for
        penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the
        males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes.


        See {Mosquito}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in
        America, a small biting fly of the genus {Simulium} and
        allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Gnat catcher} (Zool.), one of several species of small
        American singing birds, of the genus {Polioptila}, allied
        to the kinglets.
  
     {Gnat flower}, the bee flower.
  
     {Gnat hawk} (Zool.), the European goatsucker; -- called also
        {gnat owl}.
  
     {Gnat snapper} (Zool.), a bird that catches gnats.
  
     {Gnat strainer}, a person ostentatiously punctilious about
        trifles. Cf. --Matt. xxiii. 24.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gnat
       n 1: any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges;
            black flies; sand flies
       2: British usage

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnat":
     crumb, dot, drop, droplet, fleck, flyspeck, grain, iota, jot,
     microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minutia, minutiae, mite,
     mote, particle, pinhead, pinpoint, point, scrap, snip, snippet,
     speck, tittle, vanishing point
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  GNAT
       GNU Ada Translator (GNU)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Gnat
       
           An {Ada} {compiler} written in {Ada} using
          the {gcc} {code generator} to allow easy {porting} to a
          variety of {platforms}.  Gnat is the only Ada compiler that
          completely implements the Ada standard, including all the
          annexes.
       
          The compiler is released under the {GNU} license and is
          currently maintained by {Ada Core Technologies} (ACT).
       
          {Home (http://www.gnat.com/)}.
       
          (1999-06-24)
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Gnat
     only in Matt. 23:24, a small two-winged stinging fly of the
     genus Culex, which includes mosquitoes. Our Lord alludes here to
     the gnat in a proverbial expression probably in common use, "who
     strain out the gnat;" the words in the Authorized Version,
     "strain at a gnat," being a mere typographical error, which has
     been corrected in the Revised Version. The custom of filtering
     wine for this purpose was common among the Jews. It was founded
     on Lev. 11:23. It is supposed that the "lice," Ex. 8:16 (marg.
     R.V., "sand-flies"), were a species of gnat.