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m-uh-SKEET-oh/məˈskiːtəʊ/

A mosquito is a small insect that bites: mosquito bite, mosquito net, mosquitoes at dusk. Fly and wasp are other insects. Bite is what it does. Mosquitoes is the usual plural. Do not write mosquito when you mean mosquito vs motel, or mosquito vs musket.

Meaning

A small flying insect that can bite and take blood.

Examples

• “Take cream for mosquito bites on the evening walk.”
• “Sleep under a mosquito net near the lake.”
• “The bites from a mosquito itched all night on the balcony.”

Good to know

a mosquito bite / net. Plural: mosquitoes. Mix-up: fly (another insect).

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