"pium" meaning in All languages combined

See pium on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: piums [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pium (plural piums)
  1. A black fly, a bloodsucking insect of the genus Simulium, found in Brazil.
    Sense id: en-pium-en-noun-A47mzu6X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 97 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 2 1

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: [ˈpi.ũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈpiː.um] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form}} pium
  1. inflection of pius:
    nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: pius
    Sense id: en-pium-la-adj-BcuHRe2H Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. inflection of pius:
    accusative masculine singular
    Tags: accusative, form-of, masculine, singular Form of: pius
    Sense id: en-pium-la-adj-UG1Fy74n

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1951, Arthur J. Burks, Bells Above the Amazon, page 40",
          "text": "[…] piums had no preference on the human body. They bit wherever they could touch skin. If the very sensitive felt them biting and ran a hand over, say, the face, the tiny piums calmly sacrificed their lives to their gluttony."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, R.M.W. Dixon, I Am a Linguist: With a Foreword by Peter Matthews, page 19",
          "text": "As I walk down the path, almost slide down the steep bank to the bathing spot, mosquitoes have largely retreated (they never go away entirely) and piums are only just beginning to wake."
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