anopheles (redirected from anopheles mosquitoes)

a·noph·e·les  (-nf-lz)

n.

Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which can carry the malaria parasite and transmit the disease to humans.

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[From Greek anphels, useless : an-, without; see a-¹ + ophelos, advantage, use (influenced by earlier *nphels, useless).]

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a·nophe·line (-ln, -ln) adj.

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anopheles [əˈnɒfɪˌliːz]

n pl -les

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man

[via New Latin from Greek anōphelēs useless, from an- + ōphelein to help, from ophelos help]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Anopheles - malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae genus Anopheles arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods Culicidae, family Culicidae - mosquitoes anopheline - any mosquito of the genus Anopheles malaria mosquito, malarial mosquito - transmits the malaria parasite

Translations

anopheles

n pl <-les>, anopheles mosquito (Zool) → Anopheles f, → Malariamücke f