Definitions | chironomidae |
| noun Chironomidae
- scientific name for the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies (Diptera) widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats
- Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
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