anopheline

Adjective
  1. Relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes (synset 302637674)
Noun
  1. Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles (synset 102204149)
    hypernym: mosquito - two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
    member meronym: anopheles, genus anopheles - malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae

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