Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The salt-marsh mosquito of the Atlantic coast of the United States, Culex solicitans.
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Examples
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On Moosehead I had seen a large devil's-needle half a mile from the shore, coming from the middle of the lake, where it was three or four miles wide at least.
The Maine Woods 1858
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