noun
malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
• Syn: ↑Anopheles
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Culicidae, ↑family Culicidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑anopheline, ↑malarial mosquito, ↑malaria mosquito
Useful english dictionary. 2012.