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ANOPHELES
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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:
Hypernyms ("Anopheles" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Anopheles"):
anopheline (any mosquito of the genus Anopheles)
malaria mosquito; malarial mosquito (transmits the malaria parasite)
Holonyms ("Anopheles" is a member of...):
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Context examples:
Most cases of vivax malaria recorded in Brazil are transmitted to people through bites by mosquito vectors such as the Anopheles darlingi.
(Human malaria spread from monkeys found in Brazil, SciDev.Net)
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