genus culex

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	common mosquito, culex pipiens,
definition	:	common house mosquito (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	culex fatigans, culex quinquefasciatus,
definition	:	widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms (noun.animal)

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