genus anopheles

English Thesaurus

1. malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	anopheline,
definition	:	any mosquito of the genus Anopheles (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito,
definition	:	transmits the malaria parasite (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	culicidae, family culicidae,
definition	:	mosquitoes (noun.animal)