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

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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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