mosquito
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)He scratched his mosquito plagued neck . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Show her the new swimming_pool and she would say , slapping her ankle , `` I suppose this must be where you breed your gigantic mosquitoes '' . |
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