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Definition of
mosquito noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
mosquito
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
məˈskit̮oʊ
/
/
(
pl.
mosquitoes
or
mosquitos
)
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a flying insect that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood. One type of
mosquito
can spread the disease
malaria
a mosquito bite
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mosquito
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