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Anopheles
Meaning
Noun
●
In Entomology & Mosquitoes:
Loose
terminology
for
species
in the Anopheles
genus
of
mosquitoes
, some of which may
transmit
various
parasites
, Plasmodium, that are the cause of
malaria
. More
strictly speaking
, as Anopheles is a
proper name
it should be capitalised.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
anopheles
English
ἀνωϕελής
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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