anopheles

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνωϕελής (anopheles, “useless”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈnɒfɪliːz/

Noun

anopheles (plural anopheleses)

1. (entomology) A member of the Anopheles genus of mosquitos, which can carry the parasite which causes malaria.
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1125:

     ‘I brought it back from the desert – they have been planting rice like fools, and now you get anopheles right up to the gates of Alexandria!’

Related terms

• Anopheles
• anopheline

Translations

member of the Anopheles genus of mosquitos

• Bulgarian: маларичен комар (bg) (malaríčen komár) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 按蚊 (cmn) (ànwén), 瘧蚊 (cmn), 疟蚊 (cmn) (nüèwén)

• Finnish: horkkahyttynen (fi)
• French: anophèle (fr) m

• German: Anopheles (de) f, Malariamücke (de) f
• Japanese: ハマダラカ (ja) (hamadaraka)
• Russian: малярийный комар (ru) (maljaríjnyj komár) m, анофелес (ru) (anófeles) m