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anoph·e·les
\əˈnäfəˌlēz, -nō-\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anōphelēs useless, hurtful, from an- + -ōphelēs (from ophelos advantage, help) — more at ophelimity
: a genus of mosquitoes that differ from most other mosquitoes in having the palpi slender and nearly as long as the beak, in holding the body and beak in a straight line pointed at the substratum when at rest, and in lacking a caudal breathing siphon in the larva and that includes all the mosquitoes capable of transmitting the malaria parasite to man — compare culex |