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| mosquito [ mə sktō, mo sktō ] (plural mosquitoes or mosquitos) |
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small slender biting fly: a small slender fly that feeds on the blood of mammals, including humans, and transmits diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue. Native to: tropics. Family Culicidae.
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| [Late 16th century. < Spanish, 'little fly' < mosca 'fly' < Latin musca] |
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