mosquito
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noun
(plural
mosquitoes
or
mosquitos
)
a
slender
long-legged
fly
with
aquatic
larvae
. The
bite
of the
bloodsucking
female
can
transmit
a number of serious
disease
s including
malaria
and
encephalitis
.
Culex
,
Anopheles
, and other genera, family
Culicidae
.
〘虫〙 蚊
DERIVATIVES
mosquitoey
|məˈskētəwē| adjective
ORIGIN
late
16th century
: from
Spanish
and
Portuguese
, diminutive of
mosca
, from
Latin
musca
‘
fly
’.