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Mücke.

A nematoceran, an insect of the order Nematocera, that is a mosquito, crane fly, gnat, or midge

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noun/ˈmʏkə/
  1. A nematoceran, an insect of the order Nematocera, that is a mosquito, crane fly, gnat, or midge

    feminine
  2. mosquito

    feminine
  3. fly

    Austria · feminine · regional
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German mücke, mügge, mucke, mugge, from Old High German mucka, mugga, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *muwō (“midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“fly, midge”), *mu-, *mew-. Compare Dutch mug, Low German Mügg, Mügge, English midge, Danish myg, Latin musca.

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