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MOSQUITO BITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mosquito bite mean? 

MOSQUITO BITE (noun)
  The noun MOSQUITO BITE has 1 sense:

1. a sting inflicted by a mosquitoplay

  Familiarity information: MOSQUITO BITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOSQUITO BITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A sting inflicted by a mosquito

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mosquito bite" is a kind of...):

bite; insect bite; sting (a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin)


 Context examples 


Words used to describe itchy pain include 'like poison oak' and 'like a mosquito bite.'

(NPS - Tell Us How Itchy Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)



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