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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Chironomoidea — thebiting midges .
Etymologies
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Ceratopogon + -idae
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Kieffer Diptera, Ceratopogonidae itch ensures my sentiments assent.
Culicoides-Brevitarsis Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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They belong to the family Ceratopogonidae, which has about 460 North American species.
Archive 2003-08-01 2003
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They belong to the family Ceratopogonidae, which has about 460 North American species.
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