mosquito 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
Hypernym
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
Member_meronym
Culicidae 1
noun
mosquitoes
EnglishHyponym
gnat 2
noun
(British usage) mosquito
mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
anopheline 1
noun
any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
transmits the malaria parasite
Member_holonym
Culicidae 1
noun
mosquitoes
