{
    "term": "mosquito",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "image": "data/images/in/insects.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a flying insect that bites humans and animals and drinks their blood. One type of mosquito can spread the disease malaria.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was awake all night scratching my mosquito bites."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He swatted the mosquito with a newspaper."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stay indoors when mosquitoes are out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This strain of mosquito carries malaria and yellow fever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fish that feed on mosquito larvae"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Insects, worms, etc."],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["infected", "malaria"],
                "… of mosquitoes": ["swarm"],
                "verb + mosquito": ["swat", "kill", "attract"],
                "mosquito + verb": ["fly", "be out", "buzz"],
                "mosquito + noun": ["bite", "larva", "species"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈskiːtəʊ//mɒˈskiːtəʊ/",
                "audio": "mo/mosquito/mosquito__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈskiːtəʊ/",
                "audio": "mo/mosquito/mosquito__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, diminutive of mosca, from Latin musca ‘fly’."
}