no-see-um
[ noh-see-uh m ]
/ noʊˈsi əm /
noun Northern and Western U.S.
Origin of no-see-um
1840–50,
Americanism; pseudo-AmerInd E version of
you can't see them
Words nearby no-see-um
no-no,
no-nonsense,
no-one,
no-par,
no-return,
no-see-um,
no-show,
no-side,
no-smoking,
no-stick,
no-strike
Example sentences from the Web for no-see-um
There is another pest of the North Woods which the guides call the no-see-um.
On the Trail |Lina Beard and Adelia Belle BeardSeattle is bad enough—it's so big that I feel like a no-see-um in a Norway pine reserve.
Free Air |Sinclair Lewis