AEDES


Meaning of AEDES in English

/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 .