mosquito

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

mos·quito [mosquito mosquitoes] BrE [məˈskiːtəʊ] BrE [mɒskiːtəʊ] NAmE [məˈskiːtoʊ] noun (pl. mos·quitoesor mos·quitos)
a flying insect that bites humans and animals and sucks their blood. One type of mosquito can spread the disease ↑malaria
•a mosquito bite

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’.

Example Bank:
•He swatted the mosquito with a newspaper.
•I was awake all night scratching my mosquito bites.
•Stay indoors when mosquitoes are out.
•This strain of mosquito carries malaria and yellow fever.
•fish that feed on mosquito larvae