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yellow-fever mosquito

noun

Definition of yellow-fever mosquito

: a small dark-colored mosquito (Aedes aegypti) that is the usual vector of yellow fever

First Known Use of yellow-fever mosquito

1901, in the meaning defined above

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yellow-fever mosquito

noun

Medical Definition of yellow-fever mosquito

: a small dark-colored mosquito of the genus Aedes (A. aegypti) that is the usual vector of yellow fever

— called also tiger mosquito

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