Definition of mosquito in English:
mosquito
nounPlural mosquitoes mɒˈskiːtəʊməˈskidoʊ
A slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and elephantiasis.
Culex, Anopheles, and other genera, family Culicidae
- A bite from a mosquito when abroad in a hot country can lead to malaria.
- The larvae migrate to the mosquito's mouth, and, when it bites another human, they enter the bloodstream.
- Malaria is spread by mosquitoes that are carrying a single-celled parasite called plasmodium.
- Humans can contract the disease when bitten by mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus.
- Only 30 years old, he died of yellow fever, transmitted by a mosquito's bite.
- The mosquito can then act as a vector, transmitting the virus to mammals, such as horses or humans.
- On the first day of the trip an elderly gentleman in the group was bitten by a mosquito.
- The pesticide kills mosquitoes, the blood-sucking pests that spread malaria.
- They share their environment with the mosquitoes who act as vectors for malaria.
- It's even possible that she was bitten by an infected mosquito that managed to survive over the winter.
- In India, neem is traditionally burnt to repel disease-carrying mosquitoes.
- The smoke comes from cow dung fires used to drive off flies and mosquitoes.
- Malaria is a serious disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
- Like dengue, which is also carried by mosquitoes, there is no treatment for the disease.
- Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite and spread by mosquitoes.
- Another technique for fighting disease is the releasing of sterile mosquitoes.
- The thing is, when you realise that a mosquito is biting you, there's little you can do.
- The Romans became practised at draining marshes to rid areas of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
- Idaho, and probably most other states, still have mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria.
- The malaria parasite has to be able to reproduce in the mosquito in order to be able to infect humans.
- The worm is transmitted from one person to another through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca 'fly'.
Rhymes
Benito, bonito, burrito, coquito, graffito, Hirohito, incognito, Ito, magneto, Miskito, Quito, Tito, veto
Definition of mosquito in US English:
mosquito
nounməˈskēdōməˈskidoʊ
A slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and encephalitis.
Culex, Anopheles, and other genera, family Culicidae
- The larvae migrate to the mosquito's mouth, and, when it bites another human, they enter the bloodstream.
- Malaria is a serious disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.
- The malaria parasite has to be able to reproduce in the mosquito in order to be able to infect humans.
- Idaho, and probably most other states, still have mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria.
- Like dengue, which is also carried by mosquitoes, there is no treatment for the disease.
- Malaria is spread by mosquitoes that are carrying a single-celled parasite called plasmodium.
- In India, neem is traditionally burnt to repel disease-carrying mosquitoes.
- The Romans became practised at draining marshes to rid areas of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
- They share their environment with the mosquitoes who act as vectors for malaria.
- A bite from a mosquito when abroad in a hot country can lead to malaria.
- The mosquito can then act as a vector, transmitting the virus to mammals, such as horses or humans.
- Humans can contract the disease when bitten by mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus.
- It's even possible that she was bitten by an infected mosquito that managed to survive over the winter.
- The worm is transmitted from one person to another through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
- Only 30 years old, he died of yellow fever, transmitted by a mosquito's bite.
- The thing is, when you realise that a mosquito is biting you, there's little you can do.
- Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite and spread by mosquitoes.
- On the first day of the trip an elderly gentleman in the group was bitten by a mosquito.
- The pesticide kills mosquitoes, the blood-sucking pests that spread malaria.
- The smoke comes from cow dung fires used to drive off flies and mosquitoes.
- Another technique for fighting disease is the releasing of sterile mosquitoes.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’.