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What is the noun for mosquito?

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mosquito
  1. A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.
  2. Synonyms:
mosquitofish
  1. Any of several small fish that feed on mosquitoes, but especially those of the genus Gambusia.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Male mosquitofish do not court and copulations result exclusively from males forcibly inseminating females.”
      “Caldwell and Caldwell reported monarchistic dominance in the western mosquitofish when a male would freely roam and chase other males.”
      “And the introduction of predators such as the mosquitofish to waterways has dented numbers further.”
mosquitocide
  1. Any substance that kills mosquitos.
mosquitocides
  1. plural of mosquitocide
mosquitofishes
  1. plural of mosquitofish
mosquitos
  1. plural of mosquito
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Flies and mosquitos disdain the healthy air of the hill but prefer the sultriness and humidity of the plain.”
      “In addition to mosquitos, IR3535® works against ticks, lice, and many other pests, even in extreme climates.”
      “In the zones moderated, during spring and the summer, the presence of the mosquitos can cause a discomfort and nuisances.”
mosquitoes
  1. plural of mosquito
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Get rid of standing water in bird baths, ponds, flowerpots, wading pools, old tires, and other places where mosquitoes might breed.”
      “One evening we labored, stung by nettles and mosquitoes, to set up Sewell's camera blind on Otter Pond in the great marsh.”
      “The summers are stiflingly hot and the colony becomes infested with mosquitoes.”
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