mosquito

«mosquito» in Mova's school dictionary: a small flying insect with long legs; the females bite… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mosquito, mosquitoes or mosquitos)

meaning for a pupil

A mosquito is a small flying insect with long legs; the females bite people and animals and suck their blood. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, mosquitoes lay their eggs in still water; their larvae live in water; only females bite, because they need blood to make eggs; males drink plant juice. In health and safety, mosquito bites itch, and in some hot countries mosquitoes spread diseases such as malaria, dengue and Zika; people use repellent, nets and long sleeves, and empty standing water. Phrases: «mosquito bite», «mosquito net», «mosquito repellent», «bitten by a mosquito».

examples

• A mosquito bit me on the arm. tree →
• Mosquito bites are very itchy. tree →
• Put on insect repellent to keep mosquitoes away. tree →
• We slept under a mosquito net. tree →
• Mosquitoes lay their eggs in still water. tree →
• Empty the old paddling pool so mosquitoes can't breed. tree →
• Only female mosquitoes bite. tree →
• In some countries mosquitoes carry malaria. tree →
• A queer sound could be heard, soft as a little bell, and faint and muffled like the buzz of a far-away mosquito. tree →

note

Plural «mosquitoes» (more common) or «mosquitos». Stress on the second syllable: «mo-SKEE-toe». An insect, so it has six legs. Myth: mosquitoes do not choose people with «sweet blood»; they follow the carbon dioxide we breathe out and body smell.

In the corpora

• In summer the tundra has huge swarms of mosquitoes, so thick that caribou run to windy hills or snow patches to escape them.
• In Jurassic Park, scientists find dinosaur blood in a mosquito trapped in amber and bring T. rex back.
• A mosquito had dinner while you slept, and the itch is your body reacting to its spit.
• A mosquito's mouth is not one needle but six thin parts working together.
• Mosquitoes come out in the evening; covering your arms and legs and using repellent keeps them off.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mosquito» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.