gnat

gnat

any of various small fragile biting dipterous insects of the suborder Nematocera, esp Culex pipiens (common gnat), which abounds near stagnant water

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gnat

[nat]

(invertebrate zoology)

The common name for a large variety of biting insects in the order Diptera.

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gnat

chicken-sized insect that tells Alice all about other strange insects. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-glass]

See: Insect

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Gnat

(language, tool)

An Ada compiler written in Ada using the gcc code generator to allow easy porting to a variety of platforms. Gnat is the only Ada compiler that completely implements the Ada standard, including all the annexes.

The compiler is released under the GNU license and is currently maintained by Ada Core Technologies (ACT).

http://gnat.com/.

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