mosquito

Speech parts

1. mosquito - Noun

2. mosquito - Verb

3. Mosquito - Proper noun

Meaning

Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

leech midge culex rat snake gnat anopheles insect bug Nairobi pest frustrating beetle rodent alligator

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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

dipteran animal fly parasite organism creature

Hyponyms

gnat anopheline Aedes aegypti malaria mosquito yellow-fever mosquito Aedes albopictus

Phrases with the word

giant mosquito dengue mosquito west nile mosquito mosquito wasp mosquito-like fly japanese encephalitis mosquito

Derivatives

mosquitoes

Examples

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. Benito Mussolini

A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. O. Henry

The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. Andy Warhol

Do not be like the mosquito that bites the owner of the house. Malawi Proverb

Their mosquito won't bite me. Ivorian Proverb

Just because you are irritated by a mosquito, you burn the mosquito curtain. Malay Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mosquital mosquitarium mosquiticide mosquito bar mosquito bite mosquito boat