HyperDic: yellow-fever_mosquito

English > 1 sense of the expression yellow-fever mosquito:
NOUNanimalyellow-fever mosquito, Aedes aegyptimosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
English > yellow-fever mosquito: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue.
SynonymAedes aegypti
Member ofAedes, genus Aedesyellow-fever mosquitos
BroadermosquitoTwo-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
SpanishAedes Aegypti

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