B2 noun #7,258 most common

mosquito

UK /məˈski.toʊ/ | US /məˈski.toʊ/

A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

mosquito in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
  • (verb) To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
  2. 2
    verb To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
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