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Mosquito vs Culex - What's the difference?

mosquito | culex |

As proper nouns the difference between mosquito and culex

is that mosquito is the de havilland mosquito, a second world war military aircraft while culex is .

mosquito

English

(wikipedia mosquito)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

    • Hypernyms

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    Derived terms

    * Mosquito Coast * mosquito coil * mosquito bar * mosquito fleet * mosquito hawk * mosquito net, mosquito netting

    Related terms

    * Diminutive: mossie/mozzie (qualifier) or skeeter (US)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
    • English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    culex

    English

    (wikipedia culex) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (culices)
  • (biology) Any of various mosquitoes of the genus Culex , some of which carry disease
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