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mosquito
1[ muh-skee-toh ]
noun
- any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- Mosquito, Military. a twin-engined, two-seat British fighter and bomber of World War II, made largely of plywood and having a top speed of 380 miles per hour (610 km/h).
Mosquito
2[ muh-skee-toh ]
noun
Other Words From
- mos·quito·ey adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mosquito1
Word History and Origins
Origin of mosquito1
Example Sentences
Anyone who doesn’t regularly fall prey to mosquitos will still find the Bug Bite Thing a worthwhile investment.
In this issue we dive into another scientific advance that prompts big questions — genetically engineering mosquitoes to combat diseases.
The species is especially hard to control among about 45 kinds of mosquitoes that whine around the Keys.
Also, the latest version of these mosquitoes is shipped from the United Kingdom as cleaned male eggs.
Some unease, too, may come just from basic human reactions to risk and control, says public health entomologist Natasha Agramonte, who has no connection with Oxitec but has been working with mosquitoes at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
I chose it for its metaphorical resonance, but the mosquito bite theory might be the worse.
On another trip, a defiant caiman (a South American crocodile) devours his mosquito net.
The goal is to raise $250,000 in 30 days to build Sporobot, the mosquito-dissecting robot.
In the summer, though, Bettles sees more tourists who come to the fly-and-mosquito infested gateway into the Alaskan wilderness.
Its path here is almost comic: evidence indicates that the mosquito was brought because of the international used tire trade.
Judy, already tucked inside her mosquito-curtains, was nearly asleep.
The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.
The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.
When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.
These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.
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