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night biter

night biter is the alternative form of night-biter.

Meaning of night-biter

Noun

night-biter (plural night-biters)

  1. An animal, especially an insect such as a mosquito, that bites during the night.
    • The anopheles associated by experience with malaria are, in the main, house-haunters and night-biters, and at night their victim mainly spends his time in a house, circumstances which make it likely that the house is important in the transmission of malaria.1931 March 6, Clayton [Arbuthnot] Lane, Housing and Malaria: A Critical Summary of the Literature Dealing with the Subject (Series of League of Nations Publications; 3), Geneva: League of Nations...

Forms of night biter

pluralnight biters

Questions about night biter

What is night biter the alternative form of?
Night biter is the alternative form of night-biter.

Words near night biter in the dictionary

  1. night and day
  2. night auditor
  3. night auditors
  4. night bird
  5. night birds
  6. night biter
  7. night biters
  8. night blind
  9. night blindness
  10. night blindnesses
  11. night blue

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