'Punkie' definitions:
Definition of 'punkie'
From: WordNet
noun
Minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects [syn: punkie, punky, punkey, no-see-um, biting midge]
Definition of 'Punkie'
From: GCIDE
- Punkie \Punk"ie\, n. [Orig. unknown.] A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomid[ae], found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'punkie'
From: GCIDE
- no-see-um \no-see-um\ n. (Zool.) Any of several minute two-winged biting insects of the family Ceratopogonidae that suck the blood of mammals and birds and other insects; also called biting midge and punkie.
- Syn: punkie, punky, punkey, biting midge. [WordNet 1.5]