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mosquitoes

The correct spelling is mosquitoes.

How to pronounce mosquitoes

noun

Say it like: Mos-kwi-toe-s

The correct spelling is mosquitoes. 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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noun

  1. 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.

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