Aedes Definition

ā-ēdēz
noun
Any of a large genus (Aëdes) of mosquitoes, esp. a mosquito (A. aegypti) that carries the viruses that cause yellow fever and dengue.
Webster's New World
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Aëdes, including A. aegypti, which transmits diseases such as yellow fever and dengue.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • genus Aedes
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Culicidae — a type of mosquito.

Wiktionary

Origin of Aedes

  • New Latin Aēdēs genus name from Greek aēdēs unpleasant a- not a–1 ēdos pleasure swād- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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