Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of nemocerous dipterous insects, containing the gnats, midges, mosquitos, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a family of insects comprising the mosquitoes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mosquitoes
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