anopheles
/əˈnɒfɪliːz/(亦作anopheles mosquito)
noun
1- a mosquito of a genus which is particularly common in warmer countries and includes the mosquitoes that transmit the malarial parasite to humans（传播疟疾的）按蚊。比较CULEX.
1.1
- Genus Anopheles, subfamily Anophelinae, family Culicidae.按蚊属, 疟蚊亚科, 蚊科。
派生词
anopheline
/-laɪn/ adjective & noun词源
late 19th cent.: modern Latin， from Greek anōphelēs 'unprofitable， useless'.