CULEX


Meaning of CULEX in English

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, gnat; akin to Old Irish cuil fly Date: 15th century any of a large cosmopolitan genus ( Culex ) of mosquitoes that includes the common house mosquito ( C. pipiens ) of Europe and North America and vectors of the viruses causing Saint Louis encephalitis and West Nile fever

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