yellow-fever mosquito

noun

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

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for yellow-fever mosquito

• bonito
• burrito
• capito
• negrito
• incognito
• peto
• veto

Medical Definition

yellow-fever mosquito

noun

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

called also tiger mosquito