culex fatigans

1. 1.

   widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms

   SynonymsCulex quinquefasciatus

   Broadermosquito

   Part ofCulex

Questions about culex fatigans

What does culex fatigans mean?

culex fatigans means "widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms".

What is another word for culex fatigans?

Close synonyms include Culex quinquefasciatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is culex fatigans a common word?

culex fatigans is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.