stegomyia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stegomyia
C19: from Greek stegos roof + -myia, from muia a fly
Example Sentences
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The stegomyia mosquitoes are tropical and subtropical, but they can live as far north as Philadelphia and even farther.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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 Cornish, Vaughan
The stegomyia, on the other hand, inclines to a more frivolous town life.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
Six days after a man has been bitten by an infected stegomyia he falls ill with yellow fever, and for the next three days he is capable of transmitting it to the healthy mosquito.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon
Nevertheless, the stringent measures for their destruction are not relaxed, as, while stegomyia exists, the germ, if re-introduced, will be rapidly disseminated.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Cornish, Vaughan
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