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