mosquito

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Synonyms: musquito, mesquite, mesquit, coquito, mosquitos, morquio, moskito, mesquita, mansquito

Antonyms: musquito, mesquite, mesquit, coquito, mosquitos, morquio, moskito, mesquita, mansquito

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Noun

1. {{sid|en|Q7367}} A small flying [[insect]] of the family {{taxfmt|Culicidae|family}}, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching [[bump]] on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like [[malaria]], [[dengue]] and [[yellow fever]].

Verb

1. To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.

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