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| mos·qui·to [ mə sktō ] (plural mos·qui·toes or mos·qui·tos) |
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small slender biting fly: a small slender fly that feeds on the blood of mammals, including humans, and transmits diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, and dengue. Native to: tropics. Family Culicidae.
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| [Late 16th century. < Spanish, "little fly" < mosca "fly" < Latin musca] |
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