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culex

/ˈkjuː.lɛks/

culex noun: any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

Noun

culex (plural culices)

  1. Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.

culex meaning in Tamil

culex in Tamil

கியூலக்ஸ் கொசு, கொசு

Forms of culex

pluralculices

Origin of culex

Borrowed from Latin culex (“gnat”).

Words formed from culex

Questions about culex

What does culex mean?
Culex means any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex, some of which carry disease.
What is culex in Tamil?
Culex in Tamil is கியூலக்ஸ் கொசு, கொசு. See Culex meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is culex?
Culex is a noun.
How do you pronounce culex?
Culex is pronounced /ˈkjuː.lɛks/.
What is the plural of culex?
The plural of culex is culices.

Words near culex in the dictionary

  1. culets
  2. culette
  3. culettes
  4. culeus
  5. culeuses
  6. culex
  7. Culgaith
  8. culgee
  9. culgees
  10. Culgoa
  11. Culham

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Adapted from Wiktionary: culex (page history and authors); culex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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