Associations to the word «Punkie»

Wiktionary

PUNKIE, noun. (US) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge.

Dictionary definition

PUNKIE, noun. Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.

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