Look up: Mosquito

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   Mosquito
   Mosquito is a term applied to any fly of the family Culicidae. The female mosquito has needle-like mouth-parts and sucks blood before laying eggs. Males feed on plant juices. Some mosquitoes carry diseases such as malaria. Human odour in general is attractive to mosquitoes, also lactic acid in sweat and heat at close range. Peoples' varying reactions to mosquito bites depend on the general allergic reaction and not on the degree of the bite; the allergic reaction is caused by the saliva injected...
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   Mosquito
   Mosquito is a township in Christian County Illinois, USA
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   Mosquito
   The De Havilland Mosquito was an English two-seat fighter bomber aircraft. It was made completely of wood, which made it very easy to repair following attacks. It had a top speed of 400mph making it the fastest aircraft in the Second World War.
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   mosquito
   [n] - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
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   Mosquito
   Mos·qui'to (mŏs*kē*to) noun ; plural Mosquitoes . [ Spanish mosquito , from mosca fly, Latin musca . Confer Musket .] (Zoology) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they punctu ...
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   mosquito
   Origin: Sp. Mosquito, fr. Moscafly, L. Musca. Cf. Musket. ... <zoology> Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when num ...
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   mosquito
   noun two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
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   Mosquito
   The `mosquitos` are insects which make up the family `Culicidae`. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood (hematophagy) from other animals Length varies but is rarely greater than 16 mm (0.6 inch) travelling up to 10 km in a night. Most species are nocturnal or crepuscular (dawn or evening) feeders. During the heat of the day most mosquitos rest in a coo...
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   MOSQUITO
   In cryptography, `MOSQUITO` is a stream cypher algorithm designed by Joan Daemen and Paris Kitsos. It has been submitted to the eSTREAM Project of the eCRYPT network.
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    mosquito
    (mәs-ke´to) any of various small winged insects, many of which are blood-sucking and important vectors of disease. The most important genera are Aedes, Anopheles, and Culex, which are responsible for the transmission of yellow fever, malaria, dengue, and other diseases.
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    Mosquito
    • (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelli...
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    mosquito
    any of approximately 3,500 species of familiar insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are important in public health because of the bloodsucking ... [21 related articles]
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    Mosquito
    British twin-engine, two-seat, mid-wing bomber aircraft that was adapted to become the prime night fighter of the Allies during World War II. The ... [1 related articles]
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    mosquito
    mosquito (small but big) pests If you ever think you're too small to be effective, you've never been in bed with a mosquito. —Wendy Schaetzel Lesko In each state, of the United States, there are many kinds of mosquitoes. New, Jersey has sixty species, each of which has a different habitat, behavior, and preferred source of blood. About ten...
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    mosquito
    A blood-sucking dipterous insect of the family Culicidae. Aedes, Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, and Stegomyia are the genera containing most of the species involved in the transmission of protozoan and other disease-producing parasites. [Sp. dim. of mosca, fly, fr. L. musca, a fly]
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    mosquito
    mosquito (muskē'tō) , small, long-legged insect of the order Diptera, the true flies. The females of most species have piercing and sucking mouth parts and apparently they must feed at least once upon mammalian blood before their eggs can develop properly. The males may have beaks, o...
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