HyperDic: family_culicidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Culicidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Culicidae, Culicidaemosquitoes
English > family Culicidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmosquitoes.
SynonymCulicidae
Member ofNematocera, suborder Nematoceramosquitoes
MembersAedes, genus Aedesyellow-fever mosquitos
Anopheles, genus Anophelesmalaria mosquitoes
Culex, genus Culextype genus of the Culicidae
mosquitoTwo-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
wiggler, wrigglerlarva of a mosquito
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods
SpanishCulicidae, culícidos, familia Culicidae
CatalanCulicidae, culícids

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