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mosquitoMain Entry: mos·qui·to Pronunciation: \mə-ˈskē-(ˌ)tō\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural mos·qui·toes also mos·qui·tos Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca — more at midge Date: circa 1583 : any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases — mos·qui·to·ey \-ˈskē-tə-wē\ adjective
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