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ANOPHELINE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("anopheline" is a kind of...):

mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)

Holonyms ("anopheline" is a member of...):

Anopheles; genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae)

Derivation:

anopheline (relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of malaria mosquitoes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae)

Derivation:

anopheline (any mosquito of the genus Anopheles)

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