mosquito

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Galician 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Synonyms 3.3.2 Derived terms 3.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Spanish mosquito (“‘small fly’”), from mosca (“‘fly’”), + diminutive suffix -ito, from Latin musca

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Canadian, US) IPA: /məˈski.toʊ/

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• (RP) IPA: /mɒsˈkiː.təʊ/, SAMPA: /mQs"ki:.t@U/

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  Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

[edit] Noun

mosquito (plural mosquitos or mosquitoes)

1. A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

[edit] Related terms

• Diminutive: mozzie (Australia, UK)
• Mosquito Coast
• mosquito net

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

mosquito m. (plural mosquitos)

1. mosquito

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Diminutive of mosca

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mos'kito/, SAMPA: /mos'kito/

[edit] Noun

mosquito m. (plural mosquitos)

1. Mosquito; small fly

[edit] Synonyms

• zancudo m.

[edit] Derived terms

• mosquitero
• mosquito simúlido

[edit] See also

• jején m.