Associations to the word «Chironomus»

Wiktionary

CHIRONOMUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Chironomidae   — some of the non-biting midges.

Dictionary definition

CHIRONOMUS, noun. Type genus of the Chironomidae.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats