Mosquito

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1 English

1.1 Pronunciation
1.2 Etymology
1.3 Noun

1.3.1 Scientific name
1.3.2 Related terms
1.3.3 Translations

1.4 Proper noun

1.4.4 See also

2 Spanish

2.5 Pronunciation
2.6 Etymology
2.7 Noun

2.7.5 Translations

English

From Spanish mosquito meaning small fly (mosca, fly, + -ito, diminutive masculine suffix - letter c changes spelling into qu to keep the phoneme [k] before i). Mosca comes from Latin musca.

mosquito (plural: mosquitoes or mosquitos; diminutive: mozzie [Aus])

a small flying insect (of the family Culicidae) known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

mosquito m (mos.qui.to)

a small flying insect (of the family Culicidae) known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

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