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mosquito /mos·qui·to/ (mos-ke´to) [Sp.] a bloodsucking and venomous insect of the family Culicidae, including the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, and Mansonia.

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mos·qui·to (m-skt)

n. pl. mos·qui·toes or mos·qui·tos

Any of various two-winged insects of the family Culicidae, in which the female of most species has a long proboscis for sucking blood. Some species are vectors of diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.

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mosquito

blood-sucking insect of the genera Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Taeniorhynchus (Mansonia) and Psorophora. Some species are concerned with the transmission of diseases, such as equine encephalomyelitis, filarial nematodes, avian malaria and Rift Valley fever.

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mosquito-bite dermatitis

pruritic papules and plaques develop on the face of cats with hypersensitivity reactions to mosquito bites.

mosquito forceps

see halsted mosquito forceps.