SINCE 1828
eye gnat
nounMedical Definition of eye gnat
: any of several small dipteran flies of the genus Hippelates (especially H. pusio) including some that are held to be vectors of pink eye and yaws
— called also eye fly
— compare chloropidae, siphunculinaComments on eye gnat
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