kyüˈlisəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Culic-, Culex, type genus + -idae
: a family of slender long-legged two-winged flies having the body and appendages partly covered with hairs or scales and the mouthparts adapted for piercing and sucking, comprising the mosquitoes, and having active aquatic larvae known as wrigglers