skeeter

skee·ter

 (skē′tər)

n. Chiefly Southern US

See mosquito. See Note at tater.

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[Shortening and alteration of mosquito.]

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skee•ter

(ˈski tər)

n.

Informal. mosquito.

[1850–55; by aphesis and resp., with dial. substitution of -er for final -o]

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Translations

moustique