GENUS AEDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aedes mean? 

• GENUS AEDES (noun)
  The noun GENUS AEDES has 1 sense:

1. yellow-fever mosquitos

  Familiarity information: GENUS AEDES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AEDES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow-fever mosquitos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aedes; genus Aedes

Hypernyms ("genus Aedes" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aedes"):

Aedes aegypti; yellow-fever mosquito (mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue)

Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito (striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases)

Holonyms ("genus Aedes" is a member of...):

Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)

 Context examples 

Dengue viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected mosquitoes of the genus Aedes.

(Dengue Virus, NCI Thesaurus)