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MALARIAL MOSQUITO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does malarial mosquito mean?
• MALARIAL MOSQUITO (noun)
The noun MALARIAL MOSQUITO has 1 sense:
1. transmits the malaria parasite
Familiarity information: MALARIAL MOSQUITO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transmits the malaria parasite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
malaria mosquito; malarial mosquito
Hypernyms ("malarial 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 ("malarial mosquito" is a member of...):
Anopheles; genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae)
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