About The Word Culex
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Culex
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What's The Definition Of Culex?
[n] type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
Synonyms | Synonyms for Culex: genus Culex Related Terms | Find terms related to Culex: See Also | arthropod genus | common mosquito | Culex fatigans | Culex pipiens | Culex quinquefasciatus | Culicidae | family Culicidae Culex In Webster's Dictionary \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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