Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellow-fever mosquito

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: yel-low-fever -mosquito
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A black and white striped mosquito (Aedes aegypti) originated in Africa and now widespread in the tropics, so called for being the main vector of the virus in urban areas.

American usage

Example Sentences

"From these considerations it must be inferred that the bite of a yellow fever mosquito which has sucked the blood of a severe case is likely to prove infectious for non-immunes at two separate periods[…]"
"Increasing globalization in the movement of people and goods is enabling the dispersal of non-native species worldwide. The yellow fever mosquito (Ae. aegypti) benefitted greatly from this process, currently invading many tropical and subtropical regions of the world."
"That is mosquito larvae from the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquitoes. They can carry debilitating diseases like dengue, chikungunya or zika, which can lead to birth defects."

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

yellow-fever mosquitoes (plural) yellow-fever mosquitos (plural) yellow fever mosquito (alternative)

Synonyms

dengue mosquito aedes aegypti

Questions

What does yellow-fever mosquito mean?: A black and white striped mosquito (Aedes aegypti) originated in Africa and now widespread in the tropics, so called for being the main vector of the virus in urban areas.

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