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See definition of mosquito on Dictionary.com
  • as ininsect
  • as invermin

synonyms for mosquito

  • ant
  • aphid
  • bee
  • beetle
  • butterfly
  • cockroach
  • dragonfly
  • flea
  • fruit fly
  • gnat
  • grasshopper
  • ladybug
  • mite
  • moth
  • pest
  • spider
  • termite
  • tick
  • arachnid
  • arthropod
  • bedbug
  • bumblebee
  • cootie
  • fly
  • hornet
  • louse
  • daddy longlegs
  • praying mantis
  • vermin
  • yellowjacket
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mosquito, such as: ant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly, and cockroach.
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How to use mosquito in a sentence

Anyone who doesn’t regularly fall prey to mosquitos will still find the Bug Bite Thing a worthwhile investment.
THE BUG BITE THING REALLY WORKSABBEY GINGRASSEPTEMBER 7, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
In this issue we dive into another scientific advance that prompts big questions — genetically engineering mosquitoes to combat diseases.
WHERE DO WE DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH?NANCY SHUTESEPTEMBER 6, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
The species is especially hard to control among about 45 kinds of mosquitoes that whine around the Keys.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN OK’D FOR A FIRST U.S. TEST FLIGHTSUSAN MILIUSAUGUST 22, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Also, the latest version of these mosquitoes is shipped from the United Kingdom as cleaned male eggs.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN OK’D FOR A FIRST U.S. TEST FLIGHTSUSAN MILIUSAUGUST 22, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Some unease, too, may come just from basic human reactions to risk and control, says public health entomologist Natasha Agramonte, who has no connection with Oxitec but has been working with mosquitoes at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN OK’D FOR A FIRST U.S. TEST FLIGHTSUSAN MILIUSAUGUST 22, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
After a decade of fits and starts, officials in the Florida Keys have voted to allow the first test in the United States of free-flying, genetically modified mosquitoes as a way to fight the pests and the diseases they spread.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN OK’D FOR A FIRST U.S. TEST FLIGHTSUSAN MILIUSAUGUST 22, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Judy, already tucked inside her mosquito-curtains, was nearly asleep.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLING
The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
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WORDS RELATED TO MOSQUITO

  • ant
  • aphid
  • arachnid
  • arthropod
  • bedbug
  • bee
  • beetle
  • bumblebee
  • butterfly
  • cockroach
  • cootie
  • daddy longlegs
  • dragonfly
  • flea
  • fly
  • fruit fly
  • gnat
  • grasshopper
  • hornet
  • ladybug
  • louse
  • mite
  • mosquito
  • moth
  • pest
  • praying mantis
  • spider
  • termite
  • tick
  • vermin
  • yellowjacket
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.