gnat
- n any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
- n (British usage) mosquito
gnathostomata
- n comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws
gnawer
- n relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
gnawing mammal
- n relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
gnetaceae
- n plants having small unisexual flowers and fleshy or winged fruit: in some classifications includes the genera Ephedra and Welwitschia as well as genus Gnetum
gnetales
- n chiefly tropical or xerophytic woody plants; practically unknown as fossils but considered close to the ancestral line of angiosperms
gnetophyta
- n gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
gnetophytina
- n gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
gnetopsida
- n gymnospermous flowering plants; supposed link between conifers and angiosperms; in some systems classified as a class (Gnetopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Gnetophytina or Gnetophyta)
gnetum
- n small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour