HyperDic: culex_quinquefasciatus

English > 1 sense of the expression Culex quinquefasciatus:
NOUNanimalCulex quinquefasciatus, Culex fatiganswidespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
English > Culex quinquefasciatus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwidespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms.
SynonymCulex fatigans
Member ofCulex, genus Culextype genus of the Culicidae
BroadermosquitoTwo-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

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