mosquito
/məˈskiːtəʊ/noun
(pl. -oes)
1- a slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and elephantiasis.蚊子。
1.1
- Culex, Anopheles, and other genera, family Culicidae.库蚊属, 按蚊属及其他属, 蚊科。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese， diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca 'fly'.