Word

mosquito, n.
(mosquitoes)
freq. cnt. 2

two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

mosquito

semantic pointers

hypernym

dipterous insect, two-winged insects, dipteran, dipteron

member holonym

Culicidae, family Culicidae

hyponym

gnat yellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus anopheline malarial mosquito, malaria mosquito common mosquito, Culex pipiens Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex fatigans