ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases

Synonyms:

Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Asian tiger mosquito" 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 ("Asian tiger mosquito" is a member of...):

Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)

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