anopheles

anopheles
[əˈnɒfɪliːz]
(亦作 anopheles mosquito)
noun
  1. a mosquito of a genus which is particularly common in warmer countries and includes the mosquitoes that transmit the malarial parasite to humans
    (传播疟疾的)按蚊。 比较 culex
  2. Genus Anopheles, subfamily Anophelinae, family Culicidae
    按蚊属,疟蚊亚科,蚊科
派生
anopheline
[əˈnɒfɪlʌɪn, -liːn]
( & )
adjective & noun
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek anōphelēs 'unprofitable, useless'
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