noun
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the condition of being crushed, squashed.
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matter in the state of fine particles; powder.
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a kind of very small moth that destroys cloth, paper, etc.
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any very small moth that destroys grains.
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any of various families of four-winged, chiefly night-flying lepidopteran insects, that is attracted by light; a kind of moth.
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any of a large family (Culicidae) of two-winged dipteran insects, the females of which have skin-piercing mouthparts used to extract blood from animals, including humans, and a few varieties carry certain diseases; a mosquito.
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a kind of small insect, esp. dipterous fly, that flies around human eyes and abound in mango season; an eye-fly.
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a very petty, insignificant fellow; ನುಸಿ ಹಿಡಿ nusi hiḍi (cloth, paper, etc.) to be destroyed by certain kind of moth.