yellow-fever mosquito
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yellow-fever mosquito
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Aedes aegypti, the yellow-fever mosquito, and Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, both of which are found in the United States, tend to breed in water-filled containers and are “ferocious mammal biters,” Brown said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2021
Primarily carried by the yellow-fever mosquito, the virus is creeping northward from South America, the Caribbean and other regions in which it is circulating.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2016
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which tracks the yellow-fever mosquito, works with the F.D.A. to determine which areas have active transmission of the Zika virus.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2016
A second species, Aedes aegypti, the yellow-fever mosquito, has a more limited geographic footprint and only bites people.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2016
The corpse of one dead from yellow-fever displays very similar symptoms; and the muddy foreshore on which they were camped would, doubtless, swarm with the yellow-fever mosquito.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
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