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| a·e·des [ ay deez ] (plural a·e·des) |
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disease-transmitting mosquito: a mosquito that can transmit serious diseases such as yellow fever and dengue. Native to: tropics and subtropics. Latin name Aedes aegypti.
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| [Early 20th century. < modern Latin< Greek aēdēs "unpleasant"; because it carries diseases] |
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