YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow-fever mosquito mean? 

• YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO (noun)
  The noun YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO has 1 sense:

1. mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

  Familiarity information: YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aedes aegypti; yellow-fever mosquito

Hypernyms ("yellow-fever mosquito" 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 ("yellow-fever mosquito" is a member of...):

Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)