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noun(mos-qui-to)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
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noun(mos-qui-to)either of two small, surface-feeding, freshwater fishes (Gambusia affinis and G. holbrooki of the family Poeciliidae) native to Central and North America that are live-bearers and are widely introduced outside their native range to control mosquitoes by feeding on their larvae
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noun(mos-qui-to)dragonfly
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noun(mos-qui-to)crane fly
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noun(mos-qui-to)a net or screen for keeping out mosquitoes
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geographical name(mos-qui-to)region of Central America bordering on the Caribbean Sea in eastern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua
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adjective(mos-qui-to)destroying, repelling, or protecting against mosquitoes
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noun(mos-qui-to)a black-and-white striped Asian mosquito (Aedes albopictus) that is a vector of several diseases (such as dengue) and has been introduced into the U.S.
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noun(mos-qui-to)asian tiger mosquito
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noun(mos-qui-to)yellow-fever mosquito
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noun(mos-qui-to)a small dark-colored mosquito (Aedes aegypti) that is the usual vector of yellow fever