# Moucheron

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***Moucheron*** is the French word for *[gnat](/source/Gnat)*. It can also refer to:

- [Balthazar de Moucheron](/source/Balthazar_de_Moucheron): a merchant from Antwerp on Russia, Levant, Africa, Ceylon, and the Caribbean, who founded a trading company before the establishment of the [Dutch East India Company](/source/Dutch_East_India_Company).
- [Frederik de Moucheron](/source/Frederik_de_Moucheron) (Emden 1633 - Amsterdam 1686) : a Dutch Italian landscapes painter in the [list of people from the Dutch Golden Age](/source/List_of_people_from_the_Dutch_Golden_Age) or in the [list of Dutch painters](/source/List_of_Dutch_painters).
- [Isaac de Moucheron](/source/Isaac_de_Moucheron)
- Hendrik de Moucheron : a family name in the [list of Swedish noble families](/source/List_of_Swedish_noble_families).

- Moucheron : a horse winning the [Irish 1,000 Guineas](/source/Irish_1,000_Guineas) in 1928.
- "Lucia the Moucheron", an opera by [Flairck](/source/Flairck) first released in 2002.
- Moucheron : a boat part of the [List of Royal Navy ships](/source/List_of_Royal_Navy_ships).
- [Mam'zelle] Moucheron : an operette by [Jacques Offenbach](/source/Jacques_Offenbach).
- LE LION ET LE MOUCHERON. 1932 - The Lion and the Fly : a film by [Ladislas Starevich](/source/Ladislas_Starevich).
- [HMS *Moucheron*](/source/HMS_Moucheron_(1802)), a French privateer that [HMS *Révolutionnaire*](/source/HMS_R%C3%A9volutionnaire_(1794)) captured in 1801 and that disappeared without a trace in the Mediterranean in 1807.

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