stegomyia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stegomyia
C19: from Greek stegos roof + -myia, from muia a fly
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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 J. Saxon Mills
The fact that it is unknown in India is very remarkable, seeing that stegomyia is a very prevalent variety of mosquito there.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Vaughan Cornish
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 Vaughan Cornish
It is transmitted through a parasite, as is malaria, and can only be passed along through the agency of another kind of mosquito, known as stegomyia.
From Rural Hygiene by Henry N. (Henry Neely) Ogden
Health Commission tracked the yellow fever to the stegomyia mosquito.
From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Thomas Carson
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