culex

American

[kyoo-leks] / ˈkyu lɛks /

noun

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 surface, as the common house mosquito, C. pipiens.

culex British

/ ˈkjuːlɛks /

noun

any mosquito of the genus Culex, such as C. pipiens, the common mosquito

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

culicine

adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

culices

plural

Etymology

Origin of culex

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin: gnat, midge

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Douze savans improvises, portans des besicles, et qui ne connaissent rien des insectes, si ce n'est les morsures du CULEX, se precipitent sur l'instrument, et voient—une grande bulle d'air, dont ils s'emerveillent avec effusion.

From Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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