noun
mosquito
mo-SKEE-toh
noun
1
A small biting insect whose females feed on blood and can spread diseases such as malaria.
"A cloud of mosquitoes descended on the campsite at dusk."
"Sleeping under a net kept the mosquitoes away."
How to Use Mosquito
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small flying insect known for biting and spreading disease.
Common pairings
mosquito bite
mosquito net
mosquito repellent
Word Forms
mosquitoed past tense, mosquitoes plural, mosquitos plural, mosquitos singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mosquito, "little fly", from mosca ("fly") plus a diminutive ending, ultimately from Latin musca.