1. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
   "mossies are vectors for diseases such as malaria and Zika virus";
   - mosquito, mozzie [Brit, informal], skeeter [N. Amer, Austral, informal]

Derived forms: mossies

Type of: dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects

Part of: Culicidae, family Culicidae

Encyclopedia: Mossie