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culex n. 一种蚊虫 一种蚊虫 Culex n 1: type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface [ synonym: { Culex}, { genus Culex}] Culex \ Cu" lex\, n. [ L., a gnat.] ( Zool.) A genus of mosquitoes of the family { Culicidae}, to which most of the North American species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly annoying, as { Culex sollicitans}, which breeds in enormous numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and { Culex pipiens}, the common house mosquito, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North America. ( For characters distinguishing these from the malaria mosquitoes, see { Anopheles}, above). The yellow- fever mosquito is now placed in another genus, { Stegomyia}. Note: This genus formerly ( ca. 1900) included the gnat as well as the mosquito. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC]
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