Definition of "musquito" [mus•qui•to]

• Dated form of mosquito. (noun)

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• "It was some satisfaction to us to see the havoc made among them by a large and beautiful species of dragon-fly, called the musquito hawk, which wheeled through their retreats, swallowing its prey without a momentary diminution of its speed."
• "The musquito chapter is very amusing, showing the various comical and ingenious manoeuvres of the friends to avoid their tormentors, and obtain a night's sleep."
• "Evidently this cover was necessary, for I saw a huge musquito -- the summer pest of the North -- settle repeatedly upon it, as though longing to suck the blood of the innocent little prisoner."