Culex
Word | CULEX |
Character | 5 |
Hyphenation | cu lex |
Pronunciations | /ˈkjuː.lɛks/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Culex"
What do we mean by culex?
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, which includes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens) and species that spread diseases such as West Nile virus. noun
The typical genus of the family Culicidœ, or gnats. A common species is C. pipiens. See gnat, mosquito. noun
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. noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease noun
Type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface noun
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
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