1. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
   - mossie [Brit], mozzie [Brit], skeeter [N. Amer, Austral]

Derived forms: mosquitoes, mosquitos

Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects

Part of: Culicidae, family Culicidae

Encyclopedia: Mosquito

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