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蚊虻（上勿汾反說文作蟁吳音閩齧人飛蟲子經作蚉俗字下莫耕反聲類云似蠅而大說文云山澤草花中化生也亦生鹿身中形大者曰虻小者曰[虫*((天*天)/日)]音暫字也）。

蚊虻 (for the first character, [wén], fanqie 勿汾 [m- + -ɨun = mɨun/wén]. The Shuowen writes it as 蟁; the Wu pronunciation is 閩. A flying insect that bites people. In the sūtra it is written with the vulgar character 蚉. For the second character, [méng], fanqie 莫耕 [m- + -æŋ = mˠæŋ/méng]. The Shenglei says: “Resembles a fly but larger.” The Shuowen says: “Generated by transformation in the grasses and blossoms of mountains and marshes; also born on deer bodies. Those large in form are called 虻; the small are called [虫*((天*天)/日)], pronounced 暫.)”