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COMMON MOSQUITO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common mosquito mean?
• COMMON MOSQUITO (noun)
The noun COMMON MOSQUITO has 1 sense:
1. common house mosquito
Familiarity information: COMMON MOSQUITO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common house mosquito
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common mosquito; Culex pipiens
Hypernyms ("common mosquito" is a kind of...):
mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)
Holonyms ("common mosquito" is a member of...):
Culex; genus Culex (type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface)
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