Portuguese Meaning of culex
Mosquito
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Definitions and Meaning of culex in English
culex (n)
type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface
culex (n.)
A genus of mosquitoes to which most of the North American species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly annoying, as C. sollicitans, which breeds in enormous numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and C. pipiens, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North America. (For characters distinguishing these from the malaria mosquitoes, see Anopheles, above.) The yellow-fever mosquito is now placed in another genus, Stegomyia.
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Mosquito
type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surfaceA genus of mosquitoes to which most
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culebra => Culebra, culdoscopy => Culdoscopia, culdoscope => Colposcópio, culcita dubia => almofada suspeita, culcita => almofada,
