transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈskē-(ˌ)tō ]
noun
( 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 -ˈskē-tə-wē adjective