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culex

/kyoo-leks/US // ˈkyu lɛks //UK // (ˈkjuːlɛks) //

克鲁斯,克勒斯,克劳斯,克罗斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cu·li·ces [kyoo-luh-seez]. /ˈkyu ləˌsiz/.

    • : any of numerous mosquitoes constituting the widespread genus Culex, distinguished by the habit in the adult of holding the body parallel to the feeding or resting surface, as the common house mosquito, C. pipiens.

Examples

  • This appears by the Culex, which is as long as five of his Pastorals put together.

  • Culex annulatus is a little larger, and is said to produce a greater amount of irritation by its bite.

  • Who is able to define the distinctions between the life-conditions of the larv of twenty different species of Culex or of Tipula?

  • Dunn and Emlen did not compare culex with staufferi but did compare it with boulengeri and rubra.

  • I consider culex to be inseparable from staufferi, whereas altae is recognizable as a Panamanian subspecies of staufferi.