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Definition of mosquito noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a mosquito

mosquito

noun

mosquito pronunciation English

məˈskiːtəʊ mosquito pronunciation English

mosquito pronunciation English

mɒskiːtəʊ

mosquito pronunciation American

məˈskiːtoʊ

plural mosquitoes or mosquitos

a flying insect that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood. One type of mosquito can spread the disease malaria

a mosquito bite