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| Noun | 1. |  family Culicidae - mosquitoes 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 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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