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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)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