Meaning
The biting mosquito — a constant tropical nuisance, worst at dusk and through the rainy season, and a spreader of dengue, chikungunya, and other fevers. Slapped at, smoked out, and cursed, the mosquito is a familiar plague of the Jamaican evening, and its bite and whine are part of life. It lives on, too, in the beloved children's counting rhyme 'Mosquito One, Mosquito Two...', so that the very pest is woven into the play and memory of childhood as well as the everyday battle to keep it at bay.
Examples
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Di mosquito dem a bite mi all night.
The mosquitoes are biting me all night.
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Light di mosquito coil before yuh sleep.
Light the mosquito coil before you sleep.
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Mosquito one, mosquito two...
Mosquito one, mosquito two... (children's rhyme)
Origin
The mosquito (word via Spanish, 'little fly'); a fixture of tropical life and of Jamaican children's song.
How it’s used
A tropical pest; the counting rhyme 'Mosquito One, Mosquito Two' is a cultural touchstone.