mosquito
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See also Mosquito
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Spanish mosquito (“small fly”), from mosca (“fly”), + diminutive suffix -ito, from Latin musca
Pronunciation [edit]
- (Canada, US) IPA: /məˈski.toʊ/
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Audio (US) (file) - (RP) IPA: /mɒsˈkiː.təʊ/, X-SAMPA: /mQs"ki:.t@U/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Noun [edit]
mosquito (plural mosquitos or mosquitoes)
- 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.
Related terms [edit]
- Diminutive: mossie/mozzie (Australia, UK) or skeeter (US)
- Mosquito Coast
- mosquito net
Translations [edit]
small flying insect of the family Culcidae, known for biting and sucking blood
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Verb [edit]
mosquito (third-person singular simple present mosquitos, present participle mosquitoing, simple past and past participle mosquitoed)
- To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
Galician [edit]
Noun [edit]
mosquito m (plural mosquitos)
Spanish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Diminutive of mosca
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
mosquito m (plural mosquitos)
Synonyms [edit]
- zancudo m
Derived terms [edit]
See also [edit]
- jején m