Synonyms for mosquito
məˈski toʊmos·qui·to

Princeton's WordNet

1. mosquitonoun

   two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

Matched Categories

1. • Dipterous Insect

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1. List of paraphrases for "mosquito":

   mosquitoes, anti-mosquito, larvicidal, gnat, malarial, mustique, vector, mosquito-borne

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1. Anita Roddick:

   And remember this if you ever think you're too small to be effective -- you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

2. Margaret Chan:

   We feel that the risk of Zika infection is low for an individual, and it is manageable, as long as individuals take appropriate personal protective measures, including the use of a mosquito repellent, including wearing clothing that prevents mosquito bites.

3. Jaydee Hanson:

   With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida — the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change — the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment, now the Monroe County Mosquito Control District has given the final permission needed. What could possibly go wrong ? We don't know, because The EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyze environmental risks, now without further review of the risks, the experiment can proceed.

4. Aubrey Cunnington:

   We do not know whether the report is referring only to the stage of the parasites which can cause disease or whether it is also referring to the stage which can be transmitted by mosquito bite, the data reported don't tell us directly what the impact on transmission, control or elimination might be. However it does remind us of this problem... and it highlights the need for more work on this problem.

5. Alexander Haddow:

   I read all of his papers and the papers that came out of the lab, we owe our basic understanding of many arboviruses and their associated mosquito and reservoir species to them.