Aedes
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noun.
Any of various mosquitoes of the genus
Aëdes,
including
A. aegypti,
which transmits diseases such as yellow fever and dengue.
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noun.
yellow-fever mosquitos
Word Usage
"The largely urban disease is transmitted by a striped mosquito known as aedes aegypti."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
arthropod genus