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Definition of Culicidae
1. Noun. Mosquitoes.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Nematocera, Suborder Nematocera
Member holonyms: Mosquito, Wiggler, Wriggler, Aedes, Genus Aedes, Anopheles, Genus Anopheles, Culex, Genus Culex
Medical Definition of Culicidae
1. A family of the order diptera that comprises the mosquitoes. The larval stages are aquatic, and the adults can be recognised by the characteristic wing venation, the scales along the wing veins, and the long proboscis. Many species are of particular medical importance. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Culicidae
Literary usage of Culicidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (Great Britain) (1905)
"... any other insect except the Chironomus, or "blind mosquito," which is the next
of kin to the culicidae, and superficially resembles them very closely. ..."
2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1913)
"There are four subfamilies of culicidae, differentiated according to the palpi: 1.
Palpi as long or longer than j 1. Palpi as long as proboscis in females; ..."
3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1913)
"There are four subfamilies of culicidae, differentiated according to the palpi: I.
Palpi as long or longer than proboscis in ..."
4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1905)
"... with a synoptic table of the genus. 104. Webster, FM: A new enemy of timothy,
114. West Indes and Central America, New culicidae from, 182. ..."
5. The Practical study of malaria and other blood parasites by John William Watson Stephens (1904)
"Chapter XV CLASSIFICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE culicidae SCALES THEOBALD
has attached to scale structure the greatest importance from the point of view ..."
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