🇬🇧 Mosquito meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A mosquito is a tiny flying insect with long legs and a pointy mouth that pokes your skin to drink a little bit of your blood, which can make you feel itchy afterward.

The mosquito at the camping trip must have posted a review online: “Five stars, very tasty humans.”

One mosquito bit me on the ankle and apparently told its cousins, because now they’re all visiting.

The mosquito treated my leg like a drive‑through restaurant: buzz in, bite, buzz out.

I whispered to the mosquito, “I am not a juice box,” but it did not care at all.

Female mosquito bites are the ones that make us itchy, because girl mosquitoes need blood to help their eggs grow.

At night a child sees a mosquito near the bed. The mosquito lands and the mosquito bites her arm. The mosquito drinks her blood. She cries. Her mum turns on the light, claps and the mosquito falls. She smiles, puts cream on the bite, and goes back to sleep happy.

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This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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