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day-biter (plural day-biters)
- An insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.
2005, Dom Colbert, MCQs in Travel And Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel Medicine[1]:Aedes is a well know[sic] day-biter (although it can bite at night too) and is best known as the carrier of the yellow fever and dengue viruses.
