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: mosquito
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: an iceboat 16 feet (5 meters) or more in length having a single sail
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Megan Molteni, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2018
All manner of migratory songbirds, sparrows, and swallows feast on skeeters.
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
Clean out gutters and downspouts to make sure water doesn’t pool and create a welcome breeding environment for skeeters.
—Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2023
The genome of a species called Aedes aegypti—a striped skeeter that prefers to feed on humans and can ferry viruses such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya into our blood—encodes more than 300 distinct types of chemical sensors that help the insects navigate their world.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
In fact, some people with significant reactions develop skeeter syndrome.
—Emily Shiffer, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
That’s all Clarkson, and his unusual ability to change directions like a water skeeter.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
But as the ancient Alaskan joke goes, the real state bird is actually the mosquito, the common and evil skeeter that haunts Alaska in hordes and leaves a plague of itchy bites in its wake.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2020
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Through a series of experiments, his research group showed that indeed, people infected with the parasite put out a unique aroma that sent skeeters a’swarming.
—Megan Molteni, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2018
All manner of migratory songbirds, sparrows, and swallows feast on skeeters.
—Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
Clean out gutters and downspouts to make sure water doesn’t pool and create a welcome breeding environment for skeeters.
—Brett Martin, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2023
The genome of a species called Aedes aegypti—a striped skeeter that prefers to feed on humans and can ferry viruses such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever, and chikungunya into our blood—encodes more than 300 distinct types of chemical sensors that help the insects navigate their world.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
In fact, some people with significant reactions develop skeeter syndrome.
—Emily Shiffer, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
That’s all Clarkson, and his unusual ability to change directions like a water skeeter.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
But as the ancient Alaskan joke goes, the real state bird is actually the mosquito, the common and evil skeeter that haunts Alaska in hordes and leaves a plague of itchy bites in its wake.
—David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2020
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“Skeeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skeeter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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