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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
skeeter
 
SYLLABICATION:skee·ter
PRONUNCIATION:  sktr
NOUN: Chiefly Southern U.S. See mosquito. See Regional Note at possum.
ETYMOLOGY:Shortening and alteration of mosquito.
 
 
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  skeet skeeter hawk  
 
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