MOSQUITO — ou MISKI Indiens d’Amérique centrale vivant dans le nord est de l’actuel Nicaragua et, en moindre nombre, à la frontière du Honduras, les Mosquito furent découverts par Christophe Colomb en 1502, lors de son quatrième voyage; toutefois, la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Mosquito — Mos*qui to (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[ o]), n.; pl. {Mosquitoes} (m[o^]s*k[=e]*t[=o]z). [Sp. mosquito, fr. moscafly, L. musca. Cf. {Musket}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus {Culex} and allied genera. The females have a proboscis … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mosquito — (spanisch, „kleine Fliege“, von lateinisch musca, „Fliege“) steht für ein blutsaugendes Insekt, siehe Stechmücken De Havilland Mosquito, ein Flugzeugbaumuster Mosquito Motor, einen Zweitaktmotor The Mosquito, ein Geräuschsender zur Vertreibung… … Deutsch Wikipedia
mosquito — CHÍ / s. n. limbă vorbită de indigenii din Honduras şi Nicaragua. (< fr. mosquito) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
mosquito — (n.) 1580s, from Sp. mosquito little gnat, dim. of mosca fly, from L. musca fly, from PIE root *mu gnat, fly, imitative of insect buzzing (Cf. Skt. maksa , Gk. myia, O.E. mycg, Modern English MIDGE (Cf. midge), O.C.S … Etymology dictionary
mosquito — s. m. [Entomologia] Inseto díptero de que há várias espécies … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
mosquito — has the plural form mosquitoes … Modern English usage
mosquito — sustantivo masculino 1. (macho y hembra) Culex pipiens. Insecto delgado y pequeño de patas largas, cuyas hembras tienen un órgano con el que chupan la sangre de los mamíferos y producen una picadura molesta … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
mosquito — ► NOUN (pl. mosquitoes) ▪ a small slender fly, some kinds of which transmit parasitic diseases through the bite of the bloodsucking female. ORIGIN Spanish and Portuguese, little fly … English terms dictionary
mosquito — [mə skēt′ō] n. pl. mosquitoes or mosquitos [Sp & Port, dim. of mosca < L musca, a fly: see MIDGE] any of a large family (Culicidae) of two winged dipteran insects, the females of which have skin piercing mouthparts used to extract blood from… … English World dictionary