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CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Culex quinquefasciatus mean?
• CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS (noun)
The noun CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS has 1 sense:
1. widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
Familiarity information: CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Culex fatigans; Culex quinquefasciatus
Hypernyms ("Culex quinquefasciatus" 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 ("Culex quinquefasciatus" is a member of...):
Culex; genus Culex (type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface)
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