mosquito | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun mosquito has 1 sense

mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
--₁ is a kind of dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron
--₁ is a member of Culicidae, family Culicidae
--₁ has particulars:

gnat; yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti; Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus; anopheline; malarial mosquito, malaria mosquito; common mosquito, Culex pipiens; Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex fatigans

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