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Image:Aedes_aegypti_biting_human.jpg|thumb|right|Aedes aegypti biting a human.

Etymology
S. term|mosquito|langes||small fly, from term|mosca|langes||fly, + diminutive suffix term|-ito|langes, from Latin term|musca|langla

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/m�s�ki�t��/, SAMPA|/m@s"ki:t@U/
a|US IPA|/m��ski.to�/
audio|en-uk-mosquito.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-mosquito.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|i�t��

Noun
en-noun|pl2=mosquitoes

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.

Related terms
Diminutive: qualifier|Australian mozzie
Mosquito Coast
mosquito net

Translations
trans-top|small flying insect of the family Culcidae, known for biting and sucking blood
Amuzgo: kíta
Arabic: ARchar|بع�ضة (ba�ū�a) f
Bosnian: komarac m, komarica f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|кома�|m|trkomar|scCyrl
CJKV Characters: �, �
Chinese: �� (Phonetic Symbols:��� ��; Pinyin: wénzi)
Croatian: t-|hr|komar|m
Czech: t-|cs|komár|m
Dutch: t+|nl|mug|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|kulo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|hyttynen, t+|fi|sääski, t+|fi|moskiitto
French: t+|fr|moustique|m
German: t+|de|Mücke|f, t+|de|Moskito|m
Hebrew: he-translation|�ת�ש|yatûsh m
Hungarian: t+|hu|szúnyog
Icelandic: t-|is|moskítófluga|f
Indonesian: t+|id|nyamuk|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: mosquito
Italian: t+|it|zanzara|f
Japanese: � (�, ka)
Korean: 모기 mogi
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Kurdish: KUchar|��ش����
Latin: culex m
Latvian: ods g|Latvian
Lithuanian: uodas m; kuisys m (dial.), varmas m (dial.)
Mongolian: t-|mn|��м��л|tr�umuul|scCyrl|xsMongolian, t-|mn|д�л�н�|trdelenç|scCyrl|xsMongolian
Norwegian: t-|no|mygg|m
Occitan: t+|oc|moissal|m|xsOccitan, t+|oc|mosquilh|m|xsOccitan
Polish: t-|pl|komar|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|mosquito|m
Proto-Polynesian: *namu
Russian: мо�ки� (moskít) m
Serbian: komarac m, komarica f
Slovak: t-|sk|komár|m
Slovene: t-|sl|komar|m
Spanish: t+|es|mosquito|m, qualifier|Mexico t-|es|mosco|m, qualifier|Eastern Venezuela t+|es|plaga|f, qualifier|Central America|Colombia|Mexico|Peru|Venezuelan standard usage t-|es|zancudo|m
Swahili: mbu (nc 9/10)
Swedish: t-|sv|mygga|c
Telugu: ద�మ (dOma)
Turkish: t-|tr|sivrisinek
Volapük: muskit
Yucatec: k'oxol
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Category:Pronunciations wildly different across the pond

Spanish

Etymology
Diminutive of term|mosca|lang=es

Pronunciation
IPA|langes|/mos'kito/, SAMPA|langes|/mos'kito/

Noun
es-noun-m

1. Mosquito; small fly

Synonyms
zancudo m

Derived terms
mosquitero
mosquito simúlido

See also
jején m

Category:Insects

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