anopheles
pronunciation
How to pronounce anopheles in British English:
UK [ə'nɒfəˌlɪz]
How to pronounce anopheles in American English:
US [ə'nɒfəˌlɪz]
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- Noun:
- malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae
Word Origin
- Anopheles (n.)
- genus of mosquitoes, Modern Latin, coined 1818 by German entomologist Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764-1845) from Greek anopheles "useless, hurtful, harmful," from an-, privative prefix, (see an- (1)) + ophelos "use, help, advantage" (see Ophelia). So called because it conveys malaria.
Example
- 1. They are both transmitted by anopheles mosquitoes .
- 2. Carried by the female anopheles mosquito , malaria is a disease of the poor .
- 3. The two parasites also piggyback from host to host on different species of anopheles .
- 4. Researchers from the national institute of health analyzed the genome of two strains of anopheles gambiae and found unexpected differences .
- 5. Anopheles gambiae is one of many dozens of mosquito species capable of transmitting malaria , but it is considered one of the worst culprit s because it is so widespread across africa .