Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiger mosquito

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: tiger -mosquito
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any mosquito of the species Aedes albopictus (especially) or Aedes polynesiensis, native to tropical Southeast Asia, but now distributed globally. It is a potential vector for many viral pathogens.

Example Sentences

"Health authorities in Paris have fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change."

Etymology

From its characteristic tiger-like stripes.

Inflected Forms

tiger mosquitos (plural) tiger mosquitoes (plural)

Questions

What does tiger mosquito mean?: Any mosquito of the species Aedes albopictus (especially) or Aedes polynesiensis, native to tropical Southeast Asia, but now distributed globally. It is a potential vector for many viral pathogens.
Where does tiger mosquito come from?: From its characteristic tiger-like stripes.

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