why female mosquito is not considered a parasite ?

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A parasite is an organism that cannot live, feed or reproduce without the host body. Female mosquitoes only feed on the blood and that also for the nourishment of their fertilized eggs. But they are not depended upon the host for completing total reproduction cycle or for other means of survival.

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