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cu⋅lex

  [kyoo-leks]
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–noun, plural -li⋅ces  [-luh-seez] .
any of numerous mosquitoes constituting the widespread genus Culex, distinguished by the habit in the adult of holding the body parallel to the feeding or resting surface, as the common house mosquito, C. pipiens.
Compare anopheles.

Origin:
< NL (Linnaeus); L: gnat, midge

Related forms:
cu⋅li⋅cine  [kyoo-luh-sahyn, -sin] , adjective
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cu·lex   (kyōō'lěks')   
n.   pl. cu·li·ces (-lĭ-sēz')
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, which includes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens).

[Latin, gnat.]
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Main Entry: cu·lex
Pronunciation: 'kyü-"leks
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a large cosmopolitan genus of mosquitoes thatincludes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens) of Europe and No. America, a widespread tropical mosquito (C. quinquefasciatus syn. C. fatigans) which transmits some filarial wormsparasitic in humans, and other mosquitoes which have been implicated as vectors of virus encephalitides and possibly of other human and animal diseases
2 : a mosquito of the genusCulex —cu·li·cine /'kyü-l&-"sIn/ adjective or noun
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Culex Cu·lex (ky&oomacr;'lěks')
n.
A genus of mosquitoes that act as vectors for many diseases of humans and domestic and wild animals.

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