ods

Pronunciation: [uɔts]

“ods” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:

noun

gnat, mosquito (small insects (order: Diptera), especially mosquitos (family: Culicidae) that bite and suck blood)

From Proto-Baltic *uodas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to bite”). Cognates include Lithuanian úodas. The original meaning was thus “biter.”

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