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

Derived forms: mozzies

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

Part of: Culicidae, family Culicidae

Encyclopedia: Mozzie