gnatling

English

Etymology

gnat +‎ -ling

Noun

gnatling (plural gnatlings)

1. (poetic) A tiny gnat.
   • 2012, Jason Hurlburt, Herstory:

     the world's tiniest bat, which was smaller than a gnatling […]

   • 1782, James Elphinston, The Epigrams of M. Val. Martial:

     A gnatling's wind gives all its frame to ſigh

   • 1761, Charles Churchill, The Rosciad:

     […] attack these gnatlings in their neſt

References

• “gnatling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tangling