AEDES ALBOPICTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aedes albopictus mean? 

• AEDES ALBOPICTUS (noun)
  The noun AEDES ALBOPICTUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: AEDES ALBOPICTUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEDES ALBOPICTUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito

Hypernyms ("Aedes albopictus" is a kind of...):

mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)

Holonyms ("Aedes albopictus" is a member of...):

Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)