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mosquito

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I chose it for its metaphorical resonance, but the mosquito bite theory might be the worse.

On another trip, a defiant caiman (a South American crocodile) devours his mosquito net.

The goal is to raise $250,000 in 30 days to build Sporobot, the mosquito-dissecting robot.

In the summer, though, Bettles sees more tourists who come to the fly-and-mosquito infested gateway into the Alaskan wilderness.

Its path here is almost comic: evidence indicates that the mosquito was brought because of the international used tire trade.

Judy, already tucked inside her mosquito-curtains, was nearly asleep.

The mosquito bar was drawn over her; the old woman had come in while she slept and let down the bar.

The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.

When a malarious person is bitten by a mosquito, the gametes are taken with the blood into its stomach.

These migrate to the salivary glands, and are carried into the blood of the person whom the mosquito bites.

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On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mosquito, such as: ant, aphid, bee, beetle, butterfly, and cockroach.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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