mosquito
noun /məˈskiːtəʊ/, /mɒˈskiːtəʊ/
/məˈskiːtəʊ/
(plural mosquitoes or mosquitos)
- a flying insect that bites humans and animals and drinks their blood. One type of mosquito can spread the disease malaria.
enlarge image- I was awake all night scratching my mosquito bites.
Extra ExamplesTopics Insects, worms, etc.b1- He swatted the mosquito with a newspaper.
- Stay indoors when mosquitoes are out.
- This strain of mosquito carries malaria and yellow fever.
- fish that feed on mosquito larvae
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- infected
- malaria
- swarm
- swat
- kill
- attract
- …
- fly
- be out
- buzz
- …
- bite
- larva
- species
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’.
