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MUD MIDGET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mud midget mean?
• MUD MIDGET (noun)
The noun MUD MIDGET has 1 sense:
1. having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
Familiarity information: MUD MIDGET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds; North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bogmat; mud midget; Wolffiella gladiata
Hypernyms ("mud midget" is a kind of...):
duckweed (any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds)
Holonyms ("mud midget" is a member of...):
genus Wolffiella; Wolffiella (minute rootless aquatic herbs having flat fronds floating on or below the water surface and bearing 1-2 flowers per frond; America and Africa)
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