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anopheles
[ uh-nof-uh-leez ]
noun
- any mosquito of the genus Anopheles, certain species of which are vectors of the parasite causing malaria in humans, distinguished from other mosquitoes by the absence of breathing tubes in the larvae and by the head-downward stance of the adult while resting or feeding.
anopheles
/ əˈnɒfɪˌliːz /
noun
- any of various mosquitoes constituting the genus Anopheles, some species of which transmit the malaria parasite to man
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Other Words From
- a·noph·e·line [uh, -, nof, -, uh, -lahyn, -lin], adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anopheles1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anopheles1
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Example Sentences
In contrast to the veteran Anopheles, the Aedes mosquito did not arrive until the 1980s.
The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.
A bite from an anopheles mosquito does not cause malaria unless the particular mosquito has previously bitten a malaria patient.
The stegomyia flies and bites in the early afternoon and again at night, the anopheles flies and bites after sunset.
The chief danger of infection is at night (the Anopheles bite mostly at this time).
The draining of the fens has driven the anopheles mosquito from England, and our countrymen no longer suffer from 'ague.'
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