一切經音義 29.126

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蚊蝱（上音文下陌耕反正體字也俗作虻皆嚙人飛蟲也蝱大如蜂蚊小如小蠅並形聲）。

蚊蝱 (*wénméng*, mosquitoes and horseflies; the upper character is pronounced *wén*; the lower character has the fanqie 陌耕 [*mò* + *gēng*], which is the standard character form; the popular form is written 虻. Both are biting winged insects. The gadfly is as large as a bee; the mosquito is as small as a gnat. Both are phono-semantic).