stegomyia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stegomyia
C19: from Greek stegos roof + -myia, from muia a fly
Example Sentences
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One mosquito may look very much like another, but the stegomyia and the anopheles differ in many important respects.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
Dr. Carroll first allowed himself to be bitten by the mosquitoes, not the anopheles but another variety known as the stegomyia.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
These breeding-places of the stegomyia have now been done away with completely in Panama, and almost completely in Colon.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Vaughan Cornish
The stegomyia does not breed in open swamps or large bodies of water, but needs shelter, and is also incapable of sustaining a long flight.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Vaughan Cornish
After this period, all infected stegomyia having died, those that remain are powerless for harm.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Vaughan Cornish
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