mosquito vs termite

mosquito

noun
  • A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin, and sometimes carrying diseases like malaria and yellow fever. 

verb
  • To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course. 

termite

noun
  • A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. 

  • A contemptible person. 

verb
  • Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. 

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