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Word: Punkie
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century. From New York Dutch *punkje from Munsee Delaware pónkwəs (from Proto-Algonquian *penkw- dust, ashes + -ehs-, diminutive suffix), with alteration of the ending after Dutch -je, diminutive suffix
Definition:
A biting midge of the family Ceratopogonidae; a no-see-um.
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