Meaning of CULEX
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| | Definition: | | [n] type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Culex |
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| | See Also: | | arthropod genus, common mosquito, Culex fatigans, Culex pipiens, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culicidae, family Culicidae | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cu"lex\ (k?"l?ks), n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and
mosquito.
\Cu"lex\, n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of mosquitoes to which most of the North American
species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly
annoying, as {C. sollicitans}, which breeds in enormous
numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and {C.
pipiens}, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North
America. (For characters distinguishing these from the
malaria mosquitoes, see {Anopheles}, above.) The yellow-fever
mosquito is now placed in another genus, {Stegomyia}.
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