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mosquito in Tagalog

lamok

/mɒˈskiː.təʊ//məsˈki.toʊ/

mosquito in Tagalog: lamok. In English, mosquito means a small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

Tagalog words for mosquito

small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood
lamok

English meaning of mosquito

  1. noun A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.
  2. verb To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.

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Questions about mosquito in Tagalog

What is the meaning of mosquito in Tagalog?
Mosquito in Tagalog is lamok.
Ano ang mosquito sa Tagalog?
Mosquito: lamok.
What does mosquito mean in English?
Mosquito means a small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria, dengue and yellow fever.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mosquito (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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