gnatling

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English

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Etymology

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From gnat +‎ -ling.

Noun

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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

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