mosquito

/məˈskiːtoʊ/

nounmos · qui · to

Remember: a moSQUIto has “SQUI” in the middle—like it makes you squirm when it bites.

Yes, it's mosquito. Don’t swap the middle letters: it’s **-squi-** (mos-**qui**-to), not **-sci-** or **-squi t-**.

Definition

  1. nouna small flying insect that bites people or animals and sucks blood

Examples

  • A mosquito bit my ankle while we were camping by the lake.
  • Use a screen on the window to keep mosquitoes out of the house.
  • The buzzing mosquito kept me awake until I found it.

Synonyms

gnatskeeterinsectbloodsucker

Translations

ES mosquitoPT mosquitoFR moustique

Common misspellings

moskitomosquitoemosqitomosquetomoskitoemosquitormosqulto

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