CULEX


Meaning of CULEX in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkyü-ˌleks ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.