Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - mosquito
Mosquito
mosquito
n. (pl. -oes) any of various slender biting insects, esp. of the genus Culex, Anopheles, or Aedes, the female of which punctures the skin of humans and other animals with a long proboscis to suck their blood and transmits diseases such as filariasis and malaria. Phrases and idioms mosquito-boat US a motor torpedo-boat. mosquito-net a net to keep off mosquitoes. Etymology: Sp. & Port., dimin. of mosca f. L musca fly
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noun (plural -toes; also -tos) see: 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, ~ey adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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