a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals in order to feed on their blood. Some types of mosquito can spread a serious disease called malaria.
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Types of insect
ant
aphid
bedbug
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mosquito
noun countable
US /məˈskitoʊ/
Other entries for this word
mosquito netnoun
Word Forms
singular
mosquito
plural
mosquitoes or mosquitos
DEFINITIONS1
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a small flying insect that bites the skin of people and animals in order to feed on their blood. Some types of mosquito can spread a serious disease called malaria.
Synonyms and related words
Types of insect
ant
aphid
bedbug
Featured as a BuzzWord!
The Mosquito was invented in 2005 by Howard Stapleton, a security consultant from Wales. The idea for the Mosquito originated in his youth, when at the age of 12, he visited a factory with his father, then a manufacturing executive. Opening the door to a room where workers were using high-frequency welding equipment, Howard couldn’t bear to go inside because of the noise. When he complained, the adults around him asked: “What noise?”.