mosquito : Idioms & Phrases
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asian tiger mosquito
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noun striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
Aedes albopictus.
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common mosquito
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noun common house mosquito
Culex pipiens.
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malaria mosquito
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noun transmits the malaria parasite
malaria mosquito.
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malarial mosquito
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noun transmits the malaria parasite
malaria mosquito.
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Mosquito bar , Mosquito net
- a net or curtain for excluding mosquitoes, used for beds and windows.
Webster 1913
mosquito bite
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noun a sting inflicted by a mosquito
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mosquito boat
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noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
PT boat; motor torpedo boat; mosquito boat.
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mosquito craft
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noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
PT boat; motor torpedo boat; mosquito boat.
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mosquito fern
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noun small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
Carolina pond fern; Azolla caroliniana; floating fern.
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Mosquito fleet
- a fleet of small vessels.
Webster 1913
Mosquito hawk
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noun slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.
dragonfly; snake doctor; sewing needle; skeeter hawk; devil's darning needle; snake feeder; darning needle.
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noun mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
nighthawk; bullbat.
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(Zoöl.) , a dragon fly; so called because it captures and feeds upon mosquitoes.
Webster 1913
mosquito net
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noun a fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos
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Mosquito netting
- a loosely-woven gauzelike fabric for making mosquito bars.
Webster 1913
yellow-fever mosquito
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noun mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
Aedes aegypti.
