Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
knijten
English translation:
sand flies, black flies
Added to glossary by
Dr Lofthouse
Jan 12, 2014 22:49
10 yrs ago
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Dutch term
knijten
Dutch to English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Parasite/Pests
Not sure if I have the correct term here...context = article about a surveillance project ....
Het lopend onderzoek aan het xxx kadert in een surveillance project voor exotische muggen, **knijten** en teken, ....
This ongoing investigation by the xxx is part of a surveillance project into foreign mosquitos, ???? and ticks,...
'Gnats'?
TIA
Het lopend onderzoek aan het xxx kadert in een surveillance project voor exotische muggen, **knijten** en teken, ....
This ongoing investigation by the xxx is part of a surveillance project into foreign mosquitos, ???? and ticks,...
'Gnats'?
TIA
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | sand flies, black flies |
Jack den Haan
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References
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Michael Beijer
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Proposed translations
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Jack den Haan
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
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English
Netherlands
Qualified engineer, translator & teacher
Native in: Dutch 
, English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Dutch to English, English to Dutch
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sand flies, black flies
Huitenga, Ned-Eng Supplement voor Landbouw- en Milieuwetenschappen: knijt (Simulium), (ook: kriebelmugje) sand fly, black fly
Note from asker:
| Thanks - very useful |
Peer comment(s):
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Barend van Zadelhoff
: Zou kunnen, nooit van gehoord. Had het toch even moeten checken. Past ook in het rijtje. Discussion entry kan weg. Wat de boer niet kent, dat (vr)eet hij niet.
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Thanks, Barend.
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Josephine Isaacs (X)
: Ook in Van Dale: knijt is benaming voor kriebelmugje
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Thanks, Josephine.
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Michael Beijer
: I have Huitenga's 'Nederlands-Engels Woordenboek voor Landbouwwetenschappen', but not the 'Supplement' you mentioned. Will have to add it to my Amazon wish list…
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Thanks, Michael. The ISBN is 90 6110 137 0. There's also an ENG-DUT version (ISBN 90 6110 134 4). The publisher is Ned. Uitgeversmaatschappij, Leiden.)
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Reference comments
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Michael Beijer
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Experienced technical/patent translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, US) 
Works in: Dutch to English, Flemish to English, English to Dutch, and 2 more.
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fun with dictionaries:
Groot woordenboek van de Nederlandse taal 14:
• knijt = [(na 1950) klankschilderende vorming, vgl. knaasjes] kriebelmugje
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Van Dale Groot woordenboek Nederlands-Engles:
• kriebelmugje = sand fly; black fly; buffalo gnat (Simulia)
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Chambers Dictionary & Thesaurus:
• sandfly: a small biting midge (genus Simulium); a small moth-like midge (Phlebotomus papatasii) that transmits sandfly fever, an influenza-like viral infection.
• buffalo gnat: see: black fly, under black.
• black fly: a thrips or aphid that infests beans, etc; these insects collectively; any of several black- or grey-bodied insects of the family Simuliidae, hump-backed bloodsuckers (also known as birch fly and buffalo gnat) some of which carry the nematode that causes onchocerciasis.
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OED:
• sand-fly: A small blood-sucking fly belonging to the family Simuliidæ or Psychodidæ or a biting midge of the family Ceratopogonidæ.
black fly:
1. Any of various dark-coloured flying insects.
2. A name given to various insects infesting plants, esp. to an insect of the species Frankliniella robusta (formerly Thrips pisivora) and Aphis rumicis: used collect. in sing. for thripses or aphides when infesting certain plants and giving a blackish appearance to the part affected.
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Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
blackfly (1608): any of various small dark-colored insects; especially : any of a family (Simuliidae and especially genus Simulium) of bloodsucking dipteran flies whose larvae usually live in flowing streams
sand fly (1736): any of various small biting dipteran flies (especially genus Phlebotomus of the family Psychodidae)
sandfly fever (1910): a disease of brief duration that is characterized by fever, headache, eye pain, malaise, and leukopenia and that is caused by any of several single-stranded RNA viruses (genus Phlebovirus of the family Bunyaviridae) transmitted by the bite of a sand fly (especially Phlebotomus papatasii) — called also phlebotomus fever
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• knijt = [(na 1950) klankschilderende vorming, vgl. knaasjes] kriebelmugje
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Van Dale Groot woordenboek Nederlands-Engles:
• kriebelmugje = sand fly; black fly; buffalo gnat (Simulia)
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Chambers Dictionary & Thesaurus:
• sandfly: a small biting midge (genus Simulium); a small moth-like midge (Phlebotomus papatasii) that transmits sandfly fever, an influenza-like viral infection.
• buffalo gnat: see: black fly, under black.
• black fly: a thrips or aphid that infests beans, etc; these insects collectively; any of several black- or grey-bodied insects of the family Simuliidae, hump-backed bloodsuckers (also known as birch fly and buffalo gnat) some of which carry the nematode that causes onchocerciasis.
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OED:
• sand-fly: A small blood-sucking fly belonging to the family Simuliidæ or Psychodidæ or a biting midge of the family Ceratopogonidæ.
black fly:
1. Any of various dark-coloured flying insects.
2. A name given to various insects infesting plants, esp. to an insect of the species Frankliniella robusta (formerly Thrips pisivora) and Aphis rumicis: used collect. in sing. for thripses or aphides when infesting certain plants and giving a blackish appearance to the part affected.
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-01-13 00:16:29 GMT)
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Merriam-Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
blackfly (1608): any of various small dark-colored insects; especially : any of a family (Simuliidae and especially genus Simulium) of bloodsucking dipteran flies whose larvae usually live in flowing streams
sand fly (1736): any of various small biting dipteran flies (especially genus Phlebotomus of the family Psychodidae)
sandfly fever (1910): a disease of brief duration that is characterized by fever, headache, eye pain, malaise, and leukopenia and that is caused by any of several single-stranded RNA viruses (genus Phlebovirus of the family Bunyaviridae) transmitted by the bite of a sand fly (especially Phlebotomus papatasii) — called also phlebotomus fever
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Note from asker:
| Wide range of possibilities there!! Wish they just used Latin :) Thanks |
Discussion
According to this surveillance report, these 'granny nippers' may or may not be present in Antwerp as we speak...carried into the country on 'Lucky-Bamboo' plants being imported from China.. - supermarkets here in England are selling these plants too....we will have to see how 'lucky' they are in 2014!
If you click on 'sandfly' in your reference:
Sandfly (or sand fly) is a colloquial name for any species or genus of flying, biting, blood-sucking Dipteran encountered in sandy areas.
In the United States, sandfly may refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads" (family Tabanidae), or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae, also known in Florida and elsewhere as a sand gnat, sandflea, no-see-um (no-see-em, noseeum), granny nipper, chitra, punkie, or punky.
Outside the United States, sandfly may refer to members of the subfamily Phlebotominae within the Psychodidae.
Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae) are sometimes called sand flies or no-see-ums (no-see-em, noseeum).
New Zealand sandflies are in the Austrosimulium genus, a type of black fly.
milie Ceratopogonidae" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopogonidae ..which says " Ceratopogonidae, or biting midges (including what are called, in the United States and Canada, no-see-ums, midgies, sand flies, punkies, and others), are a family of small flies (1–4 mm long) in the order Diptera."
[I rather like ''punkies'' too.]
Thanks Josephine & Barend too..