yellow-fever mosquito


yellow–fever mosquito

noun

Definition of YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO

: a small dark-colored mosquito (Aedes aegypti) that is the usual vector of yellow fever

First Known Use of YELLOW-FEVER MOSQUITO

1905

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