MUSKE'TOE, noun [Latin musca, a fly.] A small insect of the genus Culex, that is bred in water; a species of gnat that abounds in marshes and low lands, and whose sting is peculiarly painful and vexatious.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.