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Punky   /pˈəŋki/   Listen
Punky

noun
1.
Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects.  Synonyms: biting midge, no-see-um, punkey, punkie.





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"Punky" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hit the knot a lick with the pole of the axe and generally it will yield; if you must chop, cut deep to get it all and to save the axe edge. The knots of old dead balsams are similarly used. Usually a dead stump of pine, spruce, or balsam, all punky on the outside, has a core very rich in ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts


Words linked to "Punky" :   biting midge, family Ceratopogonidae, no-see-um, Ceratopogonidae, punkey, gnat, punkie


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