| 释义 |
cu·lex
\ˈkyüˌleks\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, gnat; akin to Old Irish cuil gnat and probably to Sanskrit śūla spit, spear, sharp pain, Latin cuneus wedge
: a large cosmopolitan genus of mosquitoes that includes the common house mosquito (C. pipiens) of Europe and No. America, a widespread tropical mosquito (C. quinquefasciatus or C. fatigans) which transmits certain filarial worms parasitic in man, and other mosquitoes which have been implicated as vectors of virus encephalitides and possibly of other diseases of man and animals — compare anopheles |