malaria mosquito
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Noun | 1. | ![]() mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals Anopheles, genus Anopheles - malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae |
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