anopheline

• a word derived from anopheles.
  anopheles

  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.

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anopheline

The micro-organisms which cause malaria breed in the red blood cells of human beings and in the bellies of common anopheline mosquitoes.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was during this expedition that he discovered a new species of anopheline mosquito, which after identification by Major James, I.M.S., was named after him Anopheles aitkeni.

From Concerning Animals and Other Matters by Edward Hamilton Aitken

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