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Definition of Culices
1. culex [n] - See also: culex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Culices
Literary usage of Culices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1900)
"In the city we observe one main variety of mosquito, the culex pungens* while in
the suburbs, we have found numerous examples of other culices, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"•ow- In the houses culices were much rarer than on previous occasions, but
anopheles were very numerous. It is probable that there was an increase in their ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"The corslet of the culices is thick, raised, and as it were, humped. The wings,
which they carry inclined horizontally, are extremely pretty, ..."
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