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gnat; Any of the tiny flying dipterid insects in the suborder Nematocera.
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mosquito
Forms
| alternative | നുളമ്പ് |
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nuẓVḷ. Cognate with Kannada ನೊಣ (noṇa, “fly”), Kumarbhag Paharia नुतॊ (“gnat”), Tamil நுளம்பு (nuḷampu, “a gnat”).
Other words that mean “mosquito”
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