genus Anopheles

genus Anopheles
noun
malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
Syn: ↑Anopheles
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Culicidae, ↑family Culicidae
Member Meronyms: ↑anopheline, ↑malarial mosquito, ↑malaria mosquito

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