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mosquito

mos.qui.to \m*-'ske-t-(.)o-, -*(-w)\ \-'ske-t-*-we-\ n or mosquitoes also 
   mosquitos [Sp, fr. mosca fly, fr. L musca - more at MIDGE] pl  : any of 
   numerous two-winged flies (family Culicidae) with females having  a set of 
   slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals to 
   suck the blood and being in some cases vectors of serious diseases - 
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