| Learning / English Dictionary |
AEDES
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow-fever mosquitos
Synonyms:
Aedes; genus Aedes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aedes" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Aedes"):
Aedes aegypti; yellow-fever mosquito (mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue)
Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito (striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases)
Holonyms ("Aedes" is a member of...):
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Context examples:
Coconut oil fatty acids also provided more than 90 percent repellency against mosquitoes—including Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that can transmit the Zika virus.
(Coconut Oil Compounds Repel Insects Better than DEET, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
It works even in people who have suffered from dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya; since Aedes aegyptis is the main vector for all these diseases, it is common for laboratory tests not to be able to differentiate between them.
(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)
The battle against Aedes is perhaps our biggest public health challenge, as there are so many aspects that need be addressed if we really want to effectively combat and eliminate the vector mosquito for these diseases.
(Aedes mosquitoes almost impossible to eradicate, says Brazilian researcher, Agência Brasil)
