stegomyia
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of stegomyia
C19: from Greek stegos roof + -myia, from muia a fly
Example Sentences
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After this period, all infected stegomyia having died, those that remain are powerless for harm.
From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Cornish, Vaughan
The stegomyia flies and bites in the early afternoon and again at night, the anopheles flies and bites after sunset.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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 Mills, J. Saxon
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
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
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