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Meaning of Mosquito | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

məˈski.toʊ

Definitions

A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The De Havilland Mosquito, a Second World War military aircraft.
historical
Dated form of Miskito.
alt-of, dated
A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

Equivalents

አማርኛ ትንኝ ወባ

العربية البعوضة برغش بعوضة ناموسة

Azərbaycanca ağcaqanad mığı

Беларуская камар маскі́т

Български комар

বাংলা মশা

བོད་སྐད དུག་སྦྲང

Bosanski komarac komarica комарац комарица маса

Català moscard

Čeština komár komáří

Dansk myg

Deutsch Gelse Moskito Mücke Schnake Stechmücke

Ελληνικά κουνούπι

Esperanto kulo moskito

Español mosco mosquito plaga zancudo

Eesti moskiito sääsk

Euskara eltxo

Suomi hyttynen moskiitto sääski

Vosa Vakaviti namu

Français moustique

Gaeilge muiscít

Gàidhlig mosgìoto

Galego mosquito

ગુજરાતી મચ્છર

עברית יתוש

हिन्दी मच्छर मश मशक

Hrvatski komarac komarica комарац комарица маса

Magyar szúnyog

Հայերեն մժեղ մոծակ

Bahasa Indonesia nyamuk

Igbo anwụ

Íslenska moskítófluga

Italiano zanzara

日本語か蚊

ქართული კოღო ქინქლი

Қазақша маса

ខ្មែរ មូស

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸೊಳ್ಳೆ

한국어 모기

Kurdî komar

Latina culex

Lingála mbembele mongungi monkungi

ລາວ ຍຸງ

Lietuvių uodas

Latviešu dzēlējods knausis knislis moskīts ods

Македонски комарец

മലയാളം കൊതുക്

Монгол дэлэнч шумуул

मराठी डास

Bahasa Melayu nyamuk

Malti nemusa

မြန်မာဘာသာ ခြင်

Nederlands mug muskiet steekmug

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੱਛਰ

Polski komar komarowy komarzy moskit

Português melga mosquito

Română țânțar

Русский кома́р москит

Slovenčina komár

Slovenščina komar

Gagana Sāmoa namu

Shqip mushkonjë

Српски komarac komarica комарац комарица маса

Svenska krank mygga stickmygga

Kiswahili mbu

தமிழ் உலங்கு ஒலுங்கு கொசு கொதுகு சுள்ளான் சூளான் நுளம்பு

తెలుగు దోమ

Тоҷикӣ пашша хомӯшак

ไทย ยุง

ትግርኛ ጣንጡ

Tagalog lamok

Türkçe cibin mığı sivrisinek

ئۇيغۇرچە پاشا

Українська комар москі́т

اردو مچھر

Oʻzbekcha chivin

Tiếng Việt muối

IsiXhosa ingcongconi

Yorùbá ẹfọn yànmù-yánmú

Examples

“I do not quite know what it was that made me poke my head out of the friendly shelter of the blanket, perhaps because I found that the mosquitoes were biting right through it.”

“We lit a driftwood fire to help keep the mosquitoes away. It was partially successful.”

“Nicaragua has been investigating the possibility that the 1985 outbreak of dengue fever along its Honduran border may have resulted from the release of infected mosquitos by U.S. reconnaissance overflights.”

“Sue had climbed up to the rafters and attached her mosquito netting over one of the exposed beams in the ceiling, and Edgar had climbed into the bed under it so no flying buzzies would mess with his ears.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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