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Gelse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mosquito noun A small biting insect whose females feed on blood and can spread diseases such as malaria.

Senses

Gelse is used for these senses in English:

  • cranefly Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.
  • mosquito A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

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