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Culicidae

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n.1.a family of insects comprising the mosquitoes.
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Noun1.Culicidae - mosquitoesCulicidae - mosquitoes                          
family Culicidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Nematocera, suborder Nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
wiggler, wriggler - larva of a mosquito
Aedes, genus Aedes - yellow-fever mosquitos
Anopheles, genus Anopheles - malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
Culex, genus Culex - type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
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Mosquitoes - These insects belong to the group Culicidae.
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The vector intermediate host is one of a variety of mosquitoes, including, but not limited to, Aedes, Culex, Anopheles, and Culicidae species.
Adolescent girl presenting with solitary pulmonary nodule. ... by Syed, Salahuddin; Xiao, Shu-Yuan; Schnadig, Vicki J. / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
: D9 Family Culicidae Anopheles punctipennis (Say): B2, C4, C7 Culex spp.
An annotated list of the aquatic insects collected in 2004 in the ... by Newhouse, Steven A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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