An informal American word for a mosquito.
Possibly from the word 'skeet' (a shooting sport) combined with '-er,' or from dialectal American English; origins are uncertain but likely American slang from the early 20th century.
Mosquitoes kill more humans than any other animal on Earth through disease transmission—yet we call them 'skeeters' in casual speech, showing how humans use cute slang for things we really dislike!
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