CULEX PIPIENS

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Meaning:

Common house mosquito

Synonyms:

common mosquito; Culex pipiens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Culex pipiens" 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 ("Culex pipiens" is a member of...):

Culex; genus Culex (type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface)

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