From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Insectsmosquitomos‧qui‧to /məˈskiːtəʊ $ -toʊ/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun (plural mosquitoes or mosquitos) [countable]
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HBIa small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals, sometimes spreading the diseasemalariaExamples from the Corpusmosquito• It opens up with the sound of a mosquito and gets louder and louder.• Even as I listened to him, mosquitoes, fat as houseflies, feasted on my legs.• We also found with a sense of great relief that there were no mosquitoes!• No breath of air stirred the Collector's mosquitonet.• Then, mosquitoes and steamyjungle heat along a path that went up and up.• But my purse contained torch, mosquitorepellent, passport and all the papers needed to subduebureaucrats from here to Delhi.Originmosquito(1500-1600)Spanishmosca"fly", from Latinmusca