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Number built. 7,781 [3] The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", [4] or "Mossie". [5] Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, nicknamed it "Freeman's ...
Mosquitoes. Mosquitoes is a satiric novel by the American author William Faulkner. The book was first published in 1927 by the New York-based publishing house Boni & Liveright [1] and is the author's second novel. Sources conflict regarding whether Faulkner wrote Mosquitoes during his time living in Paris, beginning in 1925 [2] or in Pascagoula ...
Mosquito. A mosquito is a type of fly. It is the common name of a family of flies in the order Diptera . The females are ectoparasites: they land on warm-blooded animals, pierce a capillary, and inject saliva to stop the blood coagulating. Then they suck up and eat the blood.
Malaria. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other vertebrates. [6] [7] [3] Human malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headaches. [1] [8] In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. [1]
World Mosquito Day, observed annually on 20 August, is a commemoration of British doctor Sir Ronald Ross 's discovery in 1897 that female anopheline mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans. [1] Prior to the discovery of the transmitting organism, vector, there were few means for controlling the spread of the disease although the discovery of ...
They are the largest group within the . Insects have a exoskeleton, a three-part body ( ), three pairs of jointed , and a pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with more than a million described ; they represent more than half of all animal species. The insect nervous system consists of a ventral nerve cord.
The de Havilland Mosquito is a British two-engine multi-role combat aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied air forces during World War II. Of the 7,781 aircraft built, 30 survive today, five of which are airworthy. Seven aircraft are currently under restoration as of March 2024.