Main Entry: Mi·ski·to

Pronunciation: \mis-ˈkē-(ˌ)tō\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Miskito or Miskitos

Etymology: earlier Musketa, Moskita, from Spanish Mosquito, from Miskito mi̵skito, probably a self-designation

Date: 1688

1 : a member of an American Indian people of the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and Honduras
2 : the language of the Miskito people