English noun: mosquito | |||
1. | mosquito (animal) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, anopheline, Asian tiger mosquito, common mosquito, Culex fatigans, Culex pipiens, Culex quinquefasciatus, gnat, malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito, yellow-fever mosquito | ||
Member meronym | Culicidae, family Culicidae | ||