nounplural noun mosquitoes, plural noun mosquitos

• A slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and encephalitis.

  Culex, Anopheles, and other genera, family Culicidae

  ‘Humans can contract the disease when bitten by mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Only 30 years old, he died of yellow fever, transmitted by a mosquito's bite.’
  • ‘The pesticide kills mosquitoes, the blood-sucking pests that spread malaria.’
  • ‘Malaria is a serious disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.’
  • ‘A bite from a mosquito when abroad in a hot country can lead to malaria.’
  • ‘Malaria is spread by mosquitoes that are carrying a single-celled parasite called plasmodium.’
  • ‘The worm is transmitted from one person to another through the bites of infected mosquitoes.’
  • ‘Idaho, and probably most other states, still have mosquitoes capable of carrying malaria.’
  • ‘It's even possible that she was bitten by an infected mosquito that managed to survive over the winter.’
  • ‘On the first day of the trip an elderly gentleman in the group was bitten by a mosquito.’
  • ‘The thing is, when you realise that a mosquito is biting you, there's little you can do.’
  • ‘In India, neem is traditionally burnt to repel disease-carrying mosquitoes.’
  • ‘The smoke comes from cow dung fires used to drive off flies and mosquitoes.’
  • ‘The Romans became practised at draining marshes to rid areas of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.’
  • ‘Like dengue, which is also carried by mosquitoes, there is no treatment for the disease.’
  • ‘They share their environment with the mosquitoes who act as vectors for malaria.’
  • ‘Another technique for fighting disease is the releasing of sterile mosquitoes.’
  • ‘Malaria is a disease that is caused by a parasite and spread by mosquitoes.’
  • ‘The larvae migrate to the mosquito's mouth, and, when it bites another human, they enter the bloodstream.’
  • ‘The malaria parasite has to be able to reproduce in the mosquito in order to be able to infect humans.’
  • ‘The mosquito can then act as a vector, transmitting the virus to mammals, such as horses or humans.’