NOUN | animal | Culicidae, family Culicidae | mosquitoes |
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Meaning | mosquitoes. | |
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Synonym | family Culicidae | |
Member of | Nematocera, suborder Nematocera | mosquitoes |
Members | Aedes, genus Aedes | yellow-fever mosquitos |
Anopheles, genus Anopheles | malaria mosquitoes | |
Culex, genus Culex | type genus of the Culicidae | |
mosquito | Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals | |
wiggler, wriggler | larva of a mosquito | |
Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
Spanish | Culicidae, culícidos, familia Culicidae | |
Catalan | Culicidae, culícids |
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