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Uncommonmosquito
The correct spelling is mosquito.
How to pronounce mosquito
/məˈski.toʊ/
nounIPA: /məˈski.toʊ/
Say it like: Mos-kwi-to
The correct spelling is mosquito. 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…
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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 and yellow fever.
verb
- 1.To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
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