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mosquito-eater

mosquito-eater noun: a cranefly.

Noun

mosquito-eater (plural mosquito-eaters)

  1. (colloquial) A cranefly.

Forms of mosquito-eater

pluralmosquito-eaters
alternative formmosquito eater

Origin of mosquito-eater

From mosquito + eater, from the false notion that they eat mosquitoes.

Questions about mosquito-eater

What does mosquito-eater mean?
Mosquito-eater means a cranefly.
What part of speech is mosquito-eater?
Mosquito-eater is a noun.
What is the plural of mosquito-eater?
The plural of mosquito-eater is mosquito-eaters.

Words near mosquito-eater in the dictionary

  1. mosquito parties
  2. mosquito party
  3. mosquito plant
  4. mosquito press
  5. mosquito wire
  6. mosquito-eater
  7. mosquito-eaters
  8. mosquitocidal
  9. mosquitocide
  10. mosquitocides
  11. mosquitoed

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