n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' sk ē -( ˌ )t ō
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -toes also -tos
Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of mosca fly, from Latin musca ― more at MIDGE
Date: circa 1583
: any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases
– mos · qui · to · ey \ - ' sk ē -t ə -w ē \ adjective
mosquito