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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 meronymCulicidae, family Culicidae









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