*mūs- Proto-Indo-European

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mosquito B1
/məsˈki.toʊ/ A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

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