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GENUS ANOPHELES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae

Synonyms:

Anopheles; genus Anopheles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Anopheles" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anopheles"):

anopheline (any mosquito of the genus Anopheles)

malaria mosquito; malarial mosquito (transmits the malaria parasite)

Holonyms ("genus Anopheles" is a member of...):

Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)

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