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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 wormsplay

  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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