WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mos•qui•to /məˈskitoʊ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -toes, -tos.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a two-winged insect, the female of which sucks the blood of animals and humans:Some mosquitoes transmit diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.
mos•qui•to
(mə skē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -toes, -tos.
mos•qui′to•ey, adj.
Mos•qui•to (mə skē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, (esp. collectively) -to.
- any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Culicidae, the females of which suck the blood of animals and humans, some species transmitting certain diseases, as malaria and yellow fever.
- Military(cap.) a twin-engined, two-seat British fighter and bomber of World War II, made largely of plywood and having a top speed of 380 mph (610 km/h).
- Latin musca) + -ito diminutive suffix
- Spanish, equivalent. to mosc(a) fly (
- 1575–85
Mos•qui•to (mə skē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, (esp. collectively) -to.
- AnthropologyMiskito.
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