mosca

/ˈmoska/ · B1 · noun · f

fly

mosca — fly

🪰 Mosquito is Spanish for little fly: mosca + the diminutive -ito

Both come from Latin musca, fly. English took mosquito from Spanish, so you already know a little mosca. In boxing it names the flyweight class, and on TV it is the small channel logo that sits in the corner like a fly.

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