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Do mosquitoes have teeth?


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No, they have a proboscis -- it's like a straw that they suck the blood from. Being "bit" by a mosquito is just an expression.

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They have four serrated teeth that surround a pair of fine tubes, one for dripping a pain suppressor and one for sucking blood.

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No they have a needle that curls up when not in use.

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Mosquitoes have four knife-like tools of serrated teeth that surround a pair of fine tubes for numbing the site, and sucking blood

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