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Word | Mosquito |
Tamil Meaning | கொசு, கொசு |
two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals / Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic. / a small flying insect that bites / a slender long-legged fly with aquatic larvae. The bite of the bloodsucking female can transmit a number of serious diseases including malaria and encephalitis., | |
Usage | ⇒ Humans can contract the disease when bitten by mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus. |
Synonyms | ant, bee, gnat, insect, midge, bloodsucker, flea, fly, locust, tick, alligator, butterfly, crocodile, leech, mosquitoes, mosquitos, moth, spider, termite, wasp, |
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