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noun (plural mosquitoes or mosquitos)

a slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and encephalitis.

〘虫〙 蚊

mosquitoey |məˈskētəwē| adjective

late 16th century: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’.