MOSQUITO

(plural mosquitoes or mosquitos), [UK and ANZ] [informal] mozzie, [UK and ANZ] [informal] mossie, ANZ also and US [informal] skeeter [noun] [C] - a small flying insect that bites people and animals, and sucks their bloodSome types of the anopheles mosquito transmit malaria to humans.See picture: InsectsA mosquito net is a net that hangs over and around a bed to keep mosquitoes away from someone who is sleeping.