mosquitobite

noun
UK /məˈskiːtəʊ baɪt/
US /məˈskiːtoʊ baɪt/

A small, itchy bump on your skin made when a mosquito drinks a little of your blood.

She got a mosquitobite on her arm after playing outside at dusk.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The act of a mosquito piercing the skin to feed.

The mosquitobite happened so fast that he barely felt it.

3. A small red mark left on the skin by a mosquito.

There was a tiny mosquitobite mark on his ankle.

4. An annoyance or minor problem that keeps bothering someone.

That paperwork error was just a mosquitobite compared to the real issues.