family culicidae
English Thesaurus
1. mosquitoes (noun.animal)
| member holonym | : | mosquito, |
| definition | : | two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | wiggler, wriggler, |
| definition | : | larva of a mosquito (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | aedes, genus aedes, |
| definition | : | yellow-fever mosquitos (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | anopheles, genus anopheles, |
| definition | : | malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | culex, genus culex, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface (noun.animal) |
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