chironomid

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Translingual Chironomidae. === Noun === chironomid (plural chironomids) (entomology) Any of the non-biting midges or Chironomidae, a family of true flies within the order Diptera. Synonym: non-biting midge ==== Translations ==== === See also === Chironomidae === References === Walker, I. R., 1995. Chironomids as indicators of past environmental change. pp. 405-422, In P. D. Armitage, P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder (eds). The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges, Chapman and Hall, Inc., London. === Anagrams === monorchiid