mosquito
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- noun
- /məˈskiːtoʊ/
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mosquito
- Frostbites in the wintertime, mosquito bites in the summertime.
- mosquito bites
- mosquito-borne disease
- mosquito control
Let's fill this room with mosquitoes and then see if it works.
- Let's fill this room with mosquitoes and then see if it works.
- And that night the mosquitoes drove me out of the tree.
- But boy do those Texan mosquitoes make me itch.
- No humidity, no mosquitoes, no people yelling at you.
- It's transmitted by mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, lice and mites.
- It's not personal, it's just how that mosquito survives, right?
- There are clouds of mosquitoes feasting on people's open wounds.
- So you forgot bug spray and now you've got mosquitoes buzzing around your head.
- I mean, there are two million deaths by these mosquitoes with malaria every year.
- Like swarms of mosquitoes are just feeding on people's open wounds.
- OK, in this moment, let's see how many mosquitoes bite me today.
Examples
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You're gonna attract every mosquito in the state with this stuff.
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Only female mosquitos drink blood.
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Why is she wearing a mosquito net?
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And that night the mosquitoes drove me out of the tree.
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OK, in this moment, let's see how many mosquitoes bite me today.
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The life cycle of the pitcher plant mosquito has evolved in synchrony with its host.
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So the theatre was outside, it was hot, there were mosquitoes, we were sweating.
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No humidity, no mosquitoes, no people yelling at you.
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There are clouds of mosquitoes feasting on people's open wounds.
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The mosquito buzzed around my head, making it hard to concentrate.
Synonyms
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A small insect that bites people and makes a loud buzzing sound
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A small flying insect that bites people and animals
Compounds
- Specialized
A small black and white mosquito from Asia that bites people and can spread diseases like dengue
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mosquito comes from the Spanish word mosquito, where the ending -ito means 'small' and the root mosca means 'fly', so the name literally means 'little fly'. So a mosquito is a tiny flying insect that bites and often sucks blood, which explains the modern meaning.