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GENUS ANOPHELES

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anopheles mean? 

GENUS ANOPHELES (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANOPHELES has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GENUS ANOPHELES used as a noun is very rare.


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GENUS ANOPHELES (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anopheles; genus Anopheles

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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