| 释义 |
culicine, n. and a. Ent.|ˈkjuːlɪsaɪn, -iːn|
[ad. mod.L. Culicini or Culicinæ, f. culex, culicis gnat: see -ine1.]
A mosquito belonging to the tribe Culicini of the sub-family Culicinæ; of or pertaining to a member of this group.
1911A. Alcock Ent. Medical Officers iii. 61 Theobald, making the Culicines a separate family, has divided them into ten groups. 1921G. H. Carpenter Insect Transf. 198 Less abundant in these countries than the Culicine gnats are the Anophelines. 1923H. M. Lefroy Ent. 419 The Anophelines hang parallel to the surface..but the Culicines hang at an angle. 1929R. Matheson Mosquitoes N. Amer. 36 The species of Culicine mosquitoes have widely varying larval habits. 1964H. Oldroyd Nat. Hist. Flies vii. 78 Any reference to ‘mosquitoes’ in what follows may be taken as applying to both tribes, unless it is qualified by the adjectives anopheline or culicine. |
