Definitions from Wiktionary (punkie)
▸ noun: (chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
▸ noun: (South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.
▸ noun: (US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
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▸ noun: (chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
▸ noun: (South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.
▸ noun: (US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
Similar:
biting midge,
no-see-um,
punkey,
punky,
sandfly,
non-biting midge,
midge,
pipunculid,
moth fly,
pediciid,
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