Termite Or Gnat Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal • any epidemic disease with a high death rate • a persistently annoying person • any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
	29%	11		Type of gnat that feeds on blood
	noun • type genus of the Ceratopogonidae
	29%	10		Name derived from the Greek words for "gnat" and "foot"
	noun • a genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Umbelliferae

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