acrodendrophily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

acro- (“tip”) +‎ dendro- (“tree”) +‎ -phily (“liking, tendency”). Coined by Garnham et al. in 1946.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

acrodendrophily (uncountable)

  1. (zoology, usually of mosquitos) The tendency of an animal to inhabit or frequent treetops.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ PCC Garnham, JO Harper, RB Highton (1946) “The mosquitos of the Kaimosi Forest, Kenya Colony, with special reference to yellow fever”, in Bulletin of entomological research‎[1], volume 36, number 4, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, page 487
  2. ^ R. Killick-Kendrick (2012 December 2) Rodent Malaria‎[2], Elsevier, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 42: “Acrodendrophily is a term first used by Garnham et al. (1945) to describe the “tendency that is shown by certain sylvan mosquitos for haunting tree-tops”.”
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