Synonyms for mosquito
məˈski toʊmos·qui·to

Princeton's WordNet

1. mosquitonoun

   two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

Matched Categories

1. • Dipterous Insect

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1. List of paraphrases for "mosquito":

   mosquitoes, anti-mosquito, larvicidal, gnat, malarial, mustique, vector, mosquito-borne

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1. Dilma Rousseff:

   Brazil and the world have lost the battle against dengue, but we won the war against yellow fever, which is carried by the same mosquito. We will win the war against Zika.

2. The CDC:

   After a hurricane or flood, the health department or mosquito control district will often take steps to reduce the mosquito population.

3. Marcelo Addas Carvalho:

   Transmission of the virus through blood transfusion is very rare and not an important factor in the epidemic. Governments and society in general should focus on eliminating the mosquito, which is the main form of transmission.

4. Phil Goodman:

   There were two precincts in the whole county that voted against the genetically modified mosquito.

5. Jaydee Hanson:

   With all the urgent crises facing our nation and the State of Florida — the Covid-19 pandemic, racial injustice, climate change — the administration has used tax dollars and government resources for a Jurassic Park experiment, now the Monroe County Mosquito Control District has given the final permission needed. What could possibly go wrong ? We don't know, because The EPA unlawfully refused to seriously analyze environmental risks, now without further review of the risks, the experiment can proceed.