NOUN: "any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "any of a family (Culicidae) of dipteran flies with females that have a set of slender organs in the proboscis adapted to puncture the skin of animals and to suck their blood and that are in some cases vectors of serious diseases" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CULICIDAE (noun)
1. mosquitoes
DIPTERAN (noun)
1. insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing

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