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Definition of Culex

1. Noun. Type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface.

Definition of Culex

1. n. A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.

2. n. A genus of mosquitoes to which most of the North American species belong. Some members of this genus are exceedingly annoying, as C. sollicitans, which breeds in enormous numbers in the salt marshes of the Atlantic coast, and C. pipiens, breeding very widely in the fresh waters of North America. (For characters distinguishing these from the malaria mosquitoes, see Anopheles, above.) The yellow-fever mosquito is now placed in another genus, Stegomyia.

Definition of Culex

1. Noun. (biology) Any of various mosquitoes of the genus ''Culex'', some of which carry disease ¹

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Definition of Culex

1. a mosquito [n CULEXES or CULICES] - See also: mosquito

Medical Definition of Culex

1. A genus of mosquitoes (culicidae) commonly found in tropical regions. Species of this genus are vectors for st. Louis encephalitis (encephalitis, st. Louis) as well as many other diseases of man and domestic and wild animals. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Culex

Literary usage of Culex

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

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Npte on Certain Bodies found in the Glands of Two Species of culex. ... 2) were found in a culex commonly found in the bush in Sierra Leone. ..."

2. Transactions by Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (Great Britain) (1905)
"The culex pipiens, for instance, joins them together in little boats or batches: ... Pupa of culex pungens, enlarged, with anal segment still more enlarged. ..."

3. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"Genus culex, Linnaeus. This large genus still contains many forms which should ... This resembles the European culex pipiens, but can always be told by the ..."

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