HyperDic: anopheles

English > 1 sense of the word Anopheles:
NOUNanimalAnopheles, genus Anophelesmalaria mosquitoes
English > Anopheles: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmalaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae.
Synonymgenus Anopheles
Member ofCulicidae, family Culicidaemosquitoes
MembersanophelineAny mosquito of the genus Anopheles
malarial mosquito, malaria mosquitotransmits the malaria parasite
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishanofeles, anopheles, genus anopheles
Catalananopheles, genus anopheles

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