/ay ee"deez/ , n.
1. See yellow-fever mosquito .
2. any mosquito of the genus Aedes. Also, aëdes .
[ aedés distasteful, unpleasant, equiv. to a- A- 6 + -edes, comb. form of hedýs sweet, akin to hedoné pleasure. See SWEET ]
/ay ee"deez/ , n.
1. See yellow-fever mosquito .
2. any mosquito of the genus Aedes. Also, aëdes .
[ aedés distasteful, unpleasant, equiv. to a- A- 6 + -edes, comb. form of hedýs sweet, akin to hedoné pleasure. See SWEET ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012