(culex pipiens)

  • 21 Culex quinquefasciatus — Culex quinquefasciatus …

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  • 22Culex — noun type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface • Syn: ↑genus Culex • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Culicidae, ↑family Culicidae …

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  • 23culex — /ˈkjulɛks/ (say kyoohleks) noun (plural culices /ˈkjuləsiz/ (say kyoohluhseez)) any mosquito of the genus Culex, including the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens. {Latin: a gnat} …

  • 24Culex [1] — Culex (C. L., Stechmücke), Gattung der Mücken mit vorgestrecktem, horizontalem Rüssel, der länger als die vierzehngliederigen Fühler ist, Taster gerade, beim Männchen länger als die Fühler, beim Weibchen sehr kurz; Arten: Gemeine Stechmücke (C.… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 25Culex — A genus of mosquitoes (family Culicidae) including over 2000 species. Largely tropical but worldwide in distribution; they are vectors for a number of diseases of humans and of domestic and wild animals and birds. [L. gnat] C. nigripalpus… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26culex — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, gnat; akin to Old Irish cuil fly Date: 15th century any of a large cosmopolitan genus (Culex) of mosquitoes that includes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens) of Europe and North America and vectors of the …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 27culex — culicine /kyooh leuh suyn , sin/, adj. /kyooh leks/, n., pl. culices / leuh 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 …

    Universalium

  • 28culex — cu•lex [[t]ˈkyu lɛks[/t]] n. pl. li•ces [[t] ləˌsiz[/t]] ent any of numerous mosquitoes constituting the genus Culex, standing with the body parallel to surfaces, including the common house mosquito C. pipiens[/ex] • Etymology: 1825–50; < NL… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29List of Culex species — This is a list of described Culex species around the world, as of 2006. Subspecies have been omitted. There are possibly errors and inaccuracies in this list that stem from the conversion from the source. Please check the original source when in… …

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  • 30genus Culex — noun type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface • Syn: ↑Culex • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Culicidae, ↑family Culicidae …

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