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Home Dictionary Name: mosquitomalaria mosquito
A mosquito that transmits the malaria parasite it is most commonly the Anopheles mosquito...
Culex
A genus of mosquitoes of the family Culicidae to which most of the North American species belong Some members of this genus are exceedingly annoying as Culex sollicitans which breeds in enormous numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast and Culex pipiens the common house mosquito breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North America For characters distinguishing these from the malaria mosquitoes see Anopheles above The yellow fever mosquito is now placed in another genus Stegomyia...
Gnat
A blood sucking dipterous fly of the genus Culex undergoing a metamorphosis in water The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals These are wanting in the males In America they are generally called mosquitoes See Mosquito...
Malaria parasite
Any of several minute protozoans of the genus Plasmodium syn Haeligmatozooumln which in their adult condition live in the tissues of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles which see and when transferred to the blood of man by the bite of the mosquito produce malaria...
Culicidae
a family of insects comprising the mosquitoes...
Culicid
Like or pertaining to the Mosquito family Culicidaelig...
Diptera
An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers as the house fly mosquito etc They have a suctorial proboscis often including two pairs of sharp organs mandibles and maxillaelig with which they pierce the skin of animals They undergo a complete metamorphosis their larvaelig called maggots being usually without feet...
Gallinipper
A large mosquito...
live bearer
Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae small usually brightly colored viviparous surface feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters often used in mosquito control...
Mosquito
Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera The females have a proboscis containing within the sheathlike labium six fine sharp needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood These bites when numerous cause in many persons considerable irritation and swelling with some pain The larvaelig and pupaelig called wigglers are aquatic...
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