aedes

or a·ë·des

[ ey-ee-deez ]

/ eɪˈi diz /

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noun

yellow-fever mosquito.

any mosquito of the genus Aedes.

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Origin of aedes

<New Latin (1818) <Greek aēdḗs distasteful, unpleasant, equivalent to a-a-⁶ + -ēdēs, combining form of hēdýs sweet, akin to hēdonḗ pleasure. See sweet

Words nearby aedes

aeciospore, aecium, AECL, AED, aedeagus, aedes, aedicula, aedicule, aedile, aedoeagus, Aëdon

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How to use aedes in a sentence

In contrast to the veteran Anopheles, the Aedes mosquito did not arrive until the 1980s.
Chikungunya: The Mosquito-Borne Virus That Contorts Your Limbs|Kent Sepkowitz|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The story centers on Aedes albopictus, aka the Tiger mosquito, a newcomer to the New World.
Chikungunya: The Mosquito-Borne Virus That Contorts Your Limbs|Kent Sepkowitz|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
O pulerae sine luxes aedes, vitaeque decore Splendida paupertas ingenuusque pudor!
Julian Home|Dean Frederic W. Farrar
Aedes in colle Quirinali Romulo constituta, ipse pro deo cultus et Quirinus est appellatus.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

Postridie omnes ad aedes regias convenerunt silentesque exspectabant quid futurum esset.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
The very officers of the Plebeians, the famous Plebeian aediles, get their name from association with this temple (aedes).
The Religion of Numa|Jesse Benedict Carter
Like the David, it used to live out of doors, until in 1755 Nicolaus Martelli "in aedes suas transtulit."
Donatello|David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

British Dictionary definitions for aedes

aedes

/ (eɪˈiːdiːz) /

noun

any mosquito of the genus Aedes (formerly Stegomyia) of tropical and subtropical regions, esp A. aegypti, which transmits yellow fever and dengue

Word Origin for aedes

C20: New Latin, from Greek aēdēs unpleasant, from a- 1 + ēdos pleasant

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