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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The word "culex" in example sentences

And at the last when Barnabas came to Rome preaching the faith of Jesu Christ, the philosophers mocked him as he had been mad or out of his wits, and, as some say, Clement was the first philosopher that mocked him and despised his predication, and in scorn put to him this question, saying: What is the cause that culex, which is a little beast, hath six feet and two wings, and an elephant which is a great beast hath but four feet and no wings? ❋ 1230-1298 (1900)

The goal of this abatement crew near Chicago is to prevent larvae from growing into adult mosquitoes, specifically the culex pipians, the common carrier of West Nile virus that infected more than 4,000 people in the U.S. last year. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Nothing could have seemed less useful than the study of mosquitoes, the differentiation of the different species, their mode of life, etc., and yet without this knowledge discoveries so beneficial and of such far-reaching importance to the whole human race as that of the cause and mode of transmission of malaria and yellow fever would have been impossible; for it could easily have been shown that the ordinary _culex_ mosquito played no rôle. ❋ William Thomas Councilman (N/A)

(_Synonym: _ Gnat; Mosquito.) #Describe the cutaneous disturbance produced by the culex. ❋ Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1886)

In going up one of the great rivers of America, it is observed, that the appearance of a new species of culex denotes the proximity of a new stream flowing in. ❋ Unknown (1851)

This difference between mosquito (little fly, simulium) and zancudo (gnat, culex) exists in all the Spanish colonies. ❋ Unknown (1851)

Politian had used the freedom of a friend, and pleasantly, in the form of a Latin epigram, corrected the mistake of Scala in making the _culex_ (an insect too well-known on the banks of the Arno) of the inferior or feminine gender. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

And Tito, who had just been looking into the ` Miscellanea, 'found so much to say that was agreeable to the secretary -- he would have done so from the mere disposition to please, without further motive -- that he showed himself quite worthy to be made a judge in the notable correspondence concerning the _culex_. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

Scala, but rather to instruct him; said epigram containing a lively conceit about Venus, Cupid, and the _culex_, of a kind much tasted at that period, founded partly on the zoological fact that the gnat, like ❋ George Eliot (1849)

The interview could hardly have ended more auspiciously for Tito, and as he walked out at the Porta Pinti that he might laugh a little at his ease over the affair of the _culex_, he felt that fortune could hardly mean to turn her back on him again at present, since she had taken him by the hand in this decided way. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

Spread by the bite of the common-banded mosquito, culex annulirostris, Mr Doggett said his department was concerned the latest strain of the virus could spread to humans on a large scale. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We were informed at the Rio Magdalena, that at Simiti no other culex than the jejen was formerly known; and it was then possible to enjoy a tranquil night's rest, for the jejen is not a nocturnal insect. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

Niamok, agas, the gnat or mosquito (culex), producing a degree of annoyance equal to the sum of all the other physical plagues of a hot climate, but even to these I found that habit rendered me almost indifferent; ❋ William Marsden (1795)

The culex mosquitoes that typically carry West Nile virus usually breed in standing water and thrive in unattended birdbaths, clogged gutters, containers and old tires, Erwin said last week. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Merck inks deal on tetanus, diphtheria vaccineWHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. - Merck & Co. April 15th, 2010 BHOPAL - Madhya Pradesh plans to launch a mass anti-filaria drug administration programme to curb a disease spread by culex mosquito bite which causes permanent swelling of a patient's hands and feet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Aside from their annoying nature, culex mosquitoes can be more harmful to people than the itchy welts they leave after extracting a blood meal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Only the female culex mosquitoes transfer West Nile virus to a host. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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