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day-biter

day-biter noun: an insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.

Noun

day-biter (plural day-biters)

  1. An insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.
    • Aedes is a well know^([sic]) day-biter (although it can bite at night too) and is best known as the carrier of the yellow fever and dengue viruses.2005, Dom Colbert, MCQs in Travel And Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel Medicine

Forms of day-biter

pluralday-biters
alternative formday biter

Questions about day-biter

What does day-biter mean?
Day-biter means an insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.
What part of speech is day-biter?
Day-biter is a noun.
What is the plural of day-biter?
The plural of day-biter is day-biters.

Words near day-biter in the dictionary

  1. day-ager
  2. day-agers
  3. day-and-date
  4. Day-as
  5. Day-asan
  6. day-biter
  7. day-biters
  8. day-blind
  9. day-blindness
  10. day-break
  11. day-clean

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