Mosquito (disambiguation)

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Mosquito commonly refers to flying insects of the family Culicidae.

Mosquito may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Mosquito (film), a 1995 science fiction film directed by Gary Jones
• Mosquitos (band), a New York City-based musical band
• Mosquitoes (novel), a 1927 novel by William Faulkner

Albums

• Mosquito (Psychotic Waltz album), a 1994 album by Psychotic Waltz
• Mosquito (Michael Kulas album), a 1995 album by Michael Kulas
• Mosquito (Yeah Yeah Yeahs album), a 2013 album by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Songs

• "The Mosquito", a song by The Doors from their studio album Full Circle, 1972
• Mosquito, song from SR-71's Japan-only album Here We Go Again

Places

United States

• Mosquito, California, in Calaveras County
• Mosquito County, original name of Orange County, Florida
• Mosquito Creek (disambiguation), various creeks in the US
• Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
• Mosquito Range, Rocky Mountains range in central Colorado
• Mosquito Pass, a high mountain pass in the Mosquito Range

Multiple countries

• Mosquito River (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

• Mosquito, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Canada
• Mosquito Coast, in Central America
• Point Mosquitos (Spanish: Punta Mosquitos or Mosquito), on the Caribbean coast of Panama
• Mosquitos Channel, nearby
• Mosquito Mound, a volcano in Canada

People

• Sam Bockarie (1964–2003), Sierra–Leonean rebel leader nicknamed "Mosquito"
• Carlos Domingos Massoni (1933–2001), Brazilian basketball player nicknamed "Mosquito"
• Coco Mosquito, stage name of Croatian musician, Gordan Muratović
• Emilia Mosquito (born 1982), Swedish film director
• Thiago Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian footballer

Transportation

Aviation

• de Havilland Mosquito, a British Second World War aircraft
• T-6 Mosquito, the designation for the North American T-6 Texan trainer when used as a combat aircraft
• Partenavia Mosquito, Italian, two-seat, civil, trainer aircraft
• Glasflügel Mosquito, a German-manufactured glider
• Golden Gate Mosquito, an American ultralight aircraft
• Swedish Aerosport Mosquito, powered hang glider
• ABC Mosquito, a 1916 British aircraft engine
• Mosquito Aviation XE, an ultralight home built turbine powered helicopter

Rail

• Mosquito, a GWR Metropolitan Class locomotive

Military

• HMS Mosquito, the name of twelve Royal Navy ships
• Mosquito Fleet, several groups of ships in US naval and maritime history
• HMQS Mosquito, a torpedo boat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and the Commonwealth Naval Forces
• Two ships of the United States Navy:
  • USS Mosquito (1775), a sloop of the Continental Navy
  • USS Mosquito (1822), a barge or cutter in the West Indies Squadron
• Mosquito (missile), an Italian anti-tank guided missile which entered service in 1961

Sports

• Manchester Mosquitoes, British, Australian Rules Football club
• Sundsvall Mosquitoes, Swedish baseball team
• The Mosquitos, nickname of the Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team

Other uses

• MOSQUITO, a cryptographic cypher algorithm
• The Mosquito, an audio device to discourage loitering

See also

• Mister Mosquito, a 2001 PlayStation 2 game
• SIG Sauer Mosquito, a .22 caliber handgun
• Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito, a German World War II aircraft
• P-270 Moskit, Russian cruise missile
• Miskito (disambiguation)
• Moskito (disambiguation)