"gnat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /næt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gnat.wav Forms: gnats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mote; particle; atom”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gnat}} Middle English gnat, {{inh|en|ang|gnætt||gnat; midge; mosquito}} Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gnatt}} Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gnattaz}} Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰneHdʰn-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰen-||to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”), {{cog|nds|Gnatte||gnat}} Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), {{cog|sv|gnatt||mote; particle; atom}} Swedish gnatt (“mote; particle; atom”), {{cog|de|Gnatz||scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess}} German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gnat (plural gnats)
  1. Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans Translations (any small insect of the order Diptera): mug (Afrikaans), κώνωψ (kṓnōps) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), برغش (barḡaš) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), մոծակ (mocak) (Armenian), серәкәй (serəkəy) (Bashkir), ডাঁশ (ḍãś) (Bengali), комар (komar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mosquit [masculine] (Catalan), (ruì) (Chinese Mandarin), (wén) (english: mosquito) (Chinese Mandarin), myg [common-gender] (Danish), stikmyg [common-gender] (Danish), rahik (Dupaningan Agta), mug [feminine] (Dutch), knut (Dutch), марав (marav) (Erzya), kulo (Esperanto), mýggjabiti [masculine] (Faroese), sääski (Finnish), moucheron [masculine] (French), Stechmücke [feminine] (German), Schnake [colloquial, feminine, regional] (German), ippernaq (Greenlandic), ñati'û (Guaraní), મચ્છર (macchar) [masculine] (Gujarati), szúnyog (Hungarian), corrmhíol [masculine] (Irish), moscerino (Italian), (buyo) (alt: ぶよ) (Japanese), ブヨ (buyo) (Japanese), absang (Kapampangan), 모기 (mogi) (Korean), culex [masculine] (Latin), alucita [feminine, rare] (Latin), ods [masculine] (Latvian), mašalas [masculine] (Lithuanian), мушичка (mušička) [feminine] (Macedonian), комарец (komarec) [masculine] (Macedonian), aloiloy (Malagasy), നുളമ്പ് (nuḷampŭ) (Malayalam), meeyl [feminine] (Manx), quill [feminine] (Manx), bibet [masculine] (Norman), knott [masculine] (Norwegian), پشه (paše) (Persian), mosquito [masculine] (Portuguese), mosquitinho [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), мо́шка (móška) [feminine] (Russian), кома́р (komár) (english: mosquito) [masculine] (Russian), meanbh-chuileag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), мушица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), комарац (mosquito) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mušica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), komarac (english: mosquito) [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), muschitta [feminine] (Sicilian), sampagghiuni [masculine] (Sicilian), mosquito (english: mosquito) [masculine] (Spanish), stickmygga [common-gender] (Swedish), niknik (Tagalog), sivrisinek (Turkish), мошка (moška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мушка (muška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), комар (komar) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ruồi nhuế (Vietnamese), muskitil [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), himuskitil [masculine] (Volapük), jimuskitil [feminine] (Volapük), gwybedyn [masculine] (Welsh), langskonk (West Frisian)
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translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kapampangan translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malagasy translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with West Frisian 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translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'any small insect of the order Diptera': 100 0
  2. (informal) An annoying person. Tags: informal
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gnit, midge

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "box the gnat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Clear Lake gnat"
    },
    {
      "word": "fungus gnat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gall gnat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat bug"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnatcatcher"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnateater"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's arse"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's ass"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's chuff"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's prick"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat-strainer"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnat's whisker"
    },
    {
      "word": "strain at a gnat"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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        "4": "",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰneHdʰn-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʰen-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Gnatte",
        "3": "",
        "4": "gnat"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gnatt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mote; particle; atom"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish gnatt (“mote; particle; atom”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Gnatz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess"
      },
      "expansion": "German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "gnats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "gnit"
    },
    {
      "word": "midge"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera."
      ],
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        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "Diptera",
          "Diptera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "Nematocera",
          "Nematocera#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 115:",
          "text": "\"Away thou whining gnat, and trouble me not!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An annoying person."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) An annoying person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/næt/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "mug"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "barḡaš",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "برغش"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "mocak",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "մոծակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "serəkəy",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "серәкәй"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ḍãś",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "ডাঁশ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "komar",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mosquit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ruì",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "蚋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "mosquito",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wén",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "蚊"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "myg"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stikmyg"
    },
    {
      "code": "duo",
      "lang": "Dupaningan Agta",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "rahik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mug"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "knut"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "marav",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "марав"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "kulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mýggjabiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "sääski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moucheron"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Stechmücke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "Schnake"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kṓnōps",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κώνωψ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "ippernaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "ñati'û"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "macchar",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "મચ્છર"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "szúnyog"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corrmhíol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "moscerino"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶよ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buyo",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "蚋"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buyo",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "ブヨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "absang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mogi",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "모기"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "culex"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "alucita"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ods"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mašalas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mušička",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мушичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "komarec",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комарец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "aloiloy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "nuḷampŭ",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "നുളമ്പ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meeyl"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "quill"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bibet"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knott"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "paše",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "پشه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mosquito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mosquitinho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "móška",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "mosquito",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komár",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кома́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meanbh-chuileag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мушица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "mosquito",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "комарац"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mušica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "mosquito",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "komarac"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "muschitta"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sampagghiuni"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "mosquito",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mosquito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stickmygga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "niknik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "sivrisinek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "moška",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мошка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "muška",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мушка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komar",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комар"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "ruồi nhuế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "muskitil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "himuskitil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jimuskitil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwybedyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "any small insect of the order Diptera",
      "word": "langskonk"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gnat"
  ],
  "word": "gnat"
}

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