MOSQUITO

[mos.qui.to] n, pl -toes also -tos [Sp, dim. of mosca fly, fr. L musca--more at midge] (ca. 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 adj