yellow-fever mosquito

Definitions of yellow-fever mosquito
  1. noun
    mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue
    synonyms: Aedes aegypti
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    type of:
    mosquito
    two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
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