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tuna | midge |

As a proper noun tuna

is .

As a noun midge is

any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order diptera.

tuna

English

Etymology 1

From American Spanish alteration of the (etyl) , "I rush, dart along"). (en)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
  • The edible flesh of the tuna.
    • Synonyms
    * tuna fish, tunny

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Thunnus)

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) (wikipedia tuna)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The prickly pear, a type of cactus native to Mexico in the genus Opuntia .
  • The fruit of the cactus.

    • See also

    * (l) * (projectlink) * (Opuntia)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    midge

    English

    (wikipedia midge)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Douglas Larson , title=Runaway Devils Lake , volume=100, issue=1, page=46 , magazine= citation , passage=Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.}}

    Derived terms

    * apple midge * biting midge * dung midge * gall midge * mackerel-midge * meniscus midge * midge cap * midge grass * midget * midgie * mountain midge * net-winged midge * non-biting midge * pear midge * phantom midge * solitary midge * wheat-midge