| n. | 1. | (Zool.) A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
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| Noun | 1. | gnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies |
| 2. | gnat - British usage |
| (language, tool) | Gnat - An Ada compiler written in Ada using
the gcc code generator to allow easy porting to a
variety of platforms. Gnat is the only Ada compiler that
completely implements the Ada standard, including all the
annexes. The compiler is released under the GNU license and is currently maintained by Ada Core Technologies (ACT). http://www.gnat.com/. |