mosquito bite
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- noun
- /məˈskiːtoʊ baɪt/
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picadura de mosquito
- After spending the evening outdoors, I counted five mosquito bites on my legs.
- scratching mosquito bites
- infected mosquito bite
- getting mosquito bites
You know, I knew a girl that had contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito bite.
- You know, I knew a girl that had contracted cerebral malaria from a mosquito bite.
Examples
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I got some mosquito bites that need scratching.
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70-year-old Hattie Gainey contracted the virus from a mosquito bite back in 2006.
Blog text (26) -
- Just a mosquito bite.
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- It's a mosquito bite.
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It's just a mosquito bite.
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And for others, it takes no more than a mosquito bite.
Fiction book (2000) -
Got about a thousand mosquito bites, but it was worth it.
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That's nothing but a mosquito bite.
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But yeah, the mosquito bites here also, I feel like they itch more.
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The estimated 300 million people in the world infected with malaria attest to the debilitating consequences of mosquito bites.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A mark left by a person, animal, or insect
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2.5
A small itchy or painful mark on the skin caused by an insect
Antonyms
How Itchy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a small itchy swelling caused by a mosquito' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'mosquito' (a blood‑sucking insect) with 'bite' (a wound or mark caused by biting). This is a straightforward, compositional noun phrase following common noun+noun naming patterns found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Mosquito bite comes from a simple picture: a mosquito uses its tiny mouth to 'bite' the skin and leaves a small mark. The insect's spit makes a red, 'itchy' bump, so mosquito bite means the small swollen, itchy spot left after a mosquito feeds.