москит — meaning in English
moskit
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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
москит is used for these senses in English:
- 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.
- sandfly Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.