Meaning

• A little sandfly.

  "Although tiny and just two-winged, midgets can bite you till you itch all over your unprotected skin."

• Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.

• (sometimes offensive) A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".

• (sometimes offensive) Any short person.

• A small version of something; miniature.

  "the midget pony"