ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO


Meaning of ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized A

: a black-and-white striped Asian mosquito of the genus Aedes ( A. albopictus ) that transmits the causative viruses of several diseases (as dengue and Japanese B encephalitis) in Asia and that has been introduced into the United States

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