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mos·quito (mə skēt′ō)

noun pl. mosquitoes -·toes or mosquitos -·tos

any of a large family (Culicidae) of two-winged dipteran insects, the females of which have skin-piercing mouthparts used to extract blood from animals, including humans: some varieties are carriers of certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever

Etymology: Sp & Port, dim. of mosca < L musca, a fly: see midge

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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