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pium|ˈpiːʌm|
[Pg., a. Tupi.]
A South American buffalo gnat, Simulium pertinax. Also attrib.
1863H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 333 (heading) Piúm flies. Ibid., We made acquaintance..with a new insect pest, the Piúm, a minute fly. 1927W. M. McGovern Jungle Paths & Inca Ruins iv. 51 The most obvious of the insect pests were the little piums... Their sting gave more than a momentary discomfort. 1933P. Fleming Brazilian Adventure i. xvii. 145 By day the worst pest was the pium fly, a little black creature the size of a midge, which covered your hands and anything else it could get at with small hard red pimples. |