Definition of Asian tiger mosquito

1. Noun. Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases.

Exact synonyms: Aedes Albopictus
Generic synonyms: Mosquito
Group relationships: Aedes, Genus Aedes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Asian Tiger Mosquito

Asian black rats
Asian coral snake
Asian country
Asian crocodile
Asian dust
Asian elephant
Asian elephants
Asian horseshoe crab
Asian influenza
Asian lion
Asian lions
Asian longhorned beetle
Asian nation
Asian pear
Asian shamanism
Asian tiger mosquito
Asian wild ox
Asianic
Asianisation
Asianisations
Asianization
Asianizations
Asians
Asiaphiles
Asiarch
Asiarchs
Asiatic
Asiatic beetle
Asiatic black bear

Literary usage of Asian tiger mosquito

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"3—The Changing Numbers, Causes, and Rates of Introductions I81 Box 3-A—The Unwelcome Arrival of the asian tiger mosquito On August 2,1985, the Asian tiger ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings of the Surgeon General's Conference on Agricultural edited by Melvin L. Myers (1994)
"This becomes increasingly more likely with the spread of the asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, which is now considered to enjoy a statewide ..."

3. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"... asian tiger mosquito during the 1980s, and the pine shoot beetle in the early 1990s. The impact of alien pests and the potential for biological control ..."

4. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"asian tiger mosquito. Forget the vaccine option. Recombinant retroviruses replicated at 9000 to the 4th power, minimum. It's all around you and spreading ..."

5. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"asian tiger mosquito. Forget the vaccine option. Recombinant retroviruses replicated at 9000 to the 4th power, minimum. It's all around you and spreading ..."

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