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The New International Encyclopædia/Turkey Gnat

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Edition of 1905. See also Black fly on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.

TURKEY GNAT. An insect (Simulium pictipes) of the dipterous family Simuliidæ, identical with the Southern buffalo-gnat, which usually makes its appearance about the time turkeys are setting, and sometimes causes great mortality among those birds. See Black Fly; Buffalo-Gnat.