Main Entry: Man·so·nia Pronunciation: man-'sO-nE-& Function: noun : a widespread genus of mosquitoes that carry filarial worms and whoselarvae and pupae obtain oxygen directly from plants underwater
Mansonia Man·so·ni·a (mān-sō'nē-ə) n. A genus of mosquitoes that includes species that transmit the filarial worms associated with filariasis and elephantiasis in southeast Asia and Indonesia.
