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tiger mosquitoes

tiger mosquitoes is the plural of tiger mosquito.

Meaning of tiger mosquito

Noun

tiger mosquito (plural tiger mosquitos or tiger mosquitoes)

  1. Any mosquito of the species Aedes albopictus (especially) or Aedes polynesiensis, native to tropical Southeast Asia, but now distributed globally. It is a potential vector for many viral pathogens.
    • Health authorities in Paris have fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.2023 September 1, “‘A first in Paris’: city fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as tropical pests spread, bringing disease”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN

Questions about tiger mosquitoes

What is tiger mosquitoes the plural of?
Tiger mosquitoes is the plural of tiger mosquito.

Words near tiger mosquitoes in the dictionary

  1. tiger lily
  2. tiger meat
  3. tiger mom
  4. tiger moms
  5. tiger mosquito
  6. tiger mosquitoes
  7. tiger mosquitos
  8. tiger moth
  9. tiger mother
  10. tiger mothers
  11. tiger moths

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