mosquito repellent

collocation in English

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mosquito
noun[C]
uk
/məˈskiː.təʊ/us
/məˈskiː.t̬oʊ/
a small flying insect that bites people and animals and sucks ...
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repellent
adjective
uk
/rɪˈpel.ənt/us
/rɪˈpel.ənt/
making you feel strong disapproval and that you do not want to be involved with someone ...
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(Definition ofmosquitoandrepellentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Transfer in deverbal compounds 'mosquitorepellent', estompe-rides 'fade-wrinkles' for 'wrinkle cream', and lave-vitres 'wash-windows' for 'window cleaning liquid'.
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Personnel deployed ashore were also provided with the opportunity to impregnate their uniforms and mosquito nets withmosquitorepellent.
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They have also been known to rub millipedes against their fur, especially in the rainy seasons, as a potential means ofmosquitorepellent.
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Studies to determine its effectiveness for fever reduction, as amosquitorepellent, and to prevent premature ejaculation have been inconclusive.
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An isolated plant compound, callicarpenal, has reportedly been proven effective in tests as amosquitorepellent.
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Cow parsley is rumoured to be a naturalmosquitorepellentwhen applied directly to the skin.
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Tropical cinchweed is burned as amosquitorepellent.
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Citronellol is a goodmosquitorepellentat short distances, but protection greatly lessens when the subject is slightly further from the source.
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It is considered a source of pride to be descended from frontier people who did not just live but flourished in a time before air conditioning,mosquitorepellent, and screens.
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Use of nets and mosquito repellents is becoming more common.
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Standard mosquito repellents do not appear to be particularly effective on these flies.
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Among them was raising the shipping priority of anti-malaria supplies, providing troops with prophylactic drugs (quinine and atabrine) and mosquito repellents, and training troops in the importance of malaria.
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