单词 | culicid |
释义 | culicidadj.n. Entomology. A. adj. Of or pertaining to the dipteran family Culicidæ, which comprises the mosquitoes. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [adjective] > of or relating to family Culcidae culicid1901 1901 F. V. Theobald Monogr. Culicidae I. 24 (heading) Structure of Culicid larvae. 1912 L. O. Howard et al. Mosquitoes N. & Central Amer. I. 150 Anopheles has been found feeding upon the dead bodies of other culicid larvæ. B. n. A culicid insect; a mosquito. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Culicidae > member of (gnat or mosquito) mosquito1572 moustique1666 mosquito fly1750 gnat1787 mosquito gnat1828 skeeter1839 vampire1864 culicid1907 mozzie1916 1907 E. G. Mitchell Mosquito Life ii. 34 The Culicids, at first suckers of plant juices, learned the taste of animal blood. 1977 J. Cohen Reproduction x. 180 The culicids (mosquitoes) hatch as long-bodied larvae. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1901 |
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