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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chironomid /kʌɪˈrɒnəmɪd/

▶noun Entomology an insect of a family (Chironomidae) which comprises the non-biting midges.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Chironomus (genus name), from Gk kheironomos ‘pantomime dancer’.

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