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yellow fever mosquito

yellow fever mosquito is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of yellow fever mosquito

pluralyellow fever mosquitoes
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Questions about yellow fever mosquito

What is yellow fever mosquito the alternative spelling of?
Yellow fever mosquito is the alternative spelling of yellow-fever mosquito.

Words near yellow fever mosquito in the dictionary

  1. yellow elders
  2. yellow false indigo
  3. yellow false indigos
  4. yellow fat disease
  5. yellow fever
  6. yellow fever mosquito
  7. yellow fever mosquitoes
  8. yellow fever mosquitos
  9. yellow flag
  10. yellow flags
  11. yellow flax

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