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yellow-fever mosquitos

yellow-fever mosquitos is the plural of yellow-fever mosquito.

Meaning of yellow-fever mosquito

Noun

yellow-fever mosquito (plural yellow-fever mosquitoes or yellow-fever mosquitos)

  1. (US) A black and white striped mosquito (Aedes aegypti) originated in Africa and now widespread in the tropics, so called for being the main vector of the virus in urban areas.
    • From these considerations it must be inferred that the bite of a yellow fever mosquito which has sucked the blood of a severe case is likely to prove infectious for non-immunes at two separate periods[…]1901 November 23, Carlos Finlay, “TWO DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH YELLOW FEVER MAY BE TRANSMITTED BY THE CULEX MOSQUITO—STEGOMYIA TAENIATA”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume...
    Synonyms:
    dengue mosquito

Questions about yellow-fever mosquitos

What is yellow-fever mosquitos the plural of?
Yellow-fever mosquitos is the plural of yellow-fever mosquito.

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  3. yellow-eyed penguins
  4. yellow-fever mosquito
  5. yellow-fever mosquitoes
  6. yellow-fever mosquitos
  7. yellow-flowered water hyssop
  8. yellow-golds
  9. yellow-green
  10. yellow-green alga
  11. yellow-green algae

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