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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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|title=The mosquitos of the Kaimosi Forest, Kenya Colony, with special reference to yellow fever
|title=The mosquitos of the Kaimosi Forest, Kenya Colony, with special reference to yellow fever

Revision as of 19:33, 18 February 2022

English

Etymology

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

Noun

acrodendrophily (uncountable)

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

References

  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”.