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mossie

mossie

9.5
A small flying insect that bites people and makes them itch
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : mosquito
  • After the rain, there were so many mossies buzzing around the campsite.

Examples

  • She woke up with several bites from mossies on her arms and legs.

  • I saw a mossie buzzing around the porch.

  • We had to use repellent to keep the mossies away at night.

  • The mossies are especially bad this time of year.

  • We had to use repellent to keep the mossies away at night.

  • After the rain, there were so many mossies buzzing around the campsite.

  • She woke up with several bites from mossies on her arms and legs.

Synonyms

mosquito
vsmossie
70 1.0

A small flying insect whose female bites people or animals to drink blood

is informal Australian speech rather than neutral scientific description
skeeter
vsmossie
  • Informal
2 9.8

A small insect that bites people and makes a loud buzzing sound

is informal Australian slang rather than general regional usage
mos
vsmossie
  • Slang
1 9.9

A small flying insect that bites people and animals

is informal Australian speech rather than simply nonstandard dialect
gallinipper
vsmossie
  • Archaic
9.9

A very large mosquito common in the Southern United States

is informal Australian slang for the ordinary smaller insect

Surface Forms

mossie singular
mossies plural

Etymology

Mossie for a mosquito is a short, informal form of the word mosquito, from Spanish meaning 'little fly', so Australians call the small annoying insect a mossie.