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ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asian tiger mosquito mean?
• ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO (noun)
The noun ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO has 1 sense:
1. striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
Familiarity information: ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito
Hypernyms ("Asian tiger mosquito" is a kind of...):
mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)
Holonyms ("Asian tiger mosquito" is a member of...):
Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)
Context examples
Considered a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO), dengue is spread by the females of the Aedes genus; this includes the species albopictus mosquito, or Asian tiger mosquito.
(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)
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