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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CULEX

From Latin: midge, gnat; related to Old Irish cuil gnat.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CULEX

culex  [ˈkjuːlɛks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CULEX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Culex is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CULEX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

culex

Culex

Culex is a genus of mosquitoes, and is important in that several species serve as vectors of important diseases, such as West Nile virus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and avian malaria. The adult mosquito can measure from 4–10 mm, and morphologically has the three body parts common to insects: head, thorax, and abdomen. As a fly, it has one pair of wings. Scientists at the University of California, Davis and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have identified nonanal as a compound that attracts Culex mosquitoes. Nonanal acts synergistically with carbon dioxide.

Definition of culex in the English dictionary

The definition of culex in the dictionary is any mosquito of the genus Culex, such as C. pipiens, the common mosquito.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CULEX


Cineplex
ˈsɪnɪˌplɛks
circumflex
ˈsɜːkəmˌflɛks
complex
ˈkɒmplɛks
duplex
ˈdjuːplɛks
flex
flɛks
fourplex
ˈfɔːplɛks
ilex
ˈaɪlɛks
lex
lɛks
megaplex
ˈmɛɡəˌplɛks
multiplex
ˈmʌltɪˌplɛks
perplex
pəˈplɛks
pollex
ˈpɒlɛks
reflex
ˈriːflɛks
retroflex
ˈrɛtrəʊˌflɛks
silex
ˈsaɪlɛks
simplex
ˈsɪmplɛks
suplex
ˈsuːplɛks
telex
ˈtɛlɛks
triplex
ˈtrɪplɛks
ulex
ˈjuːlɛks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CULEX

cul-de-sac
CUL8R
Culbertson
culch
culchie
Culebra Cut
culet
Culham
culices
culicid
culiciform
culicine
culinarian
culinarily
culinary
cull
cullay
Cullen
cullender
culler

WORDS THAT END LIKE CULEX

apartment complex
B complex
Babinski reflex
cinema complex
funplex
Golgi complex
googolplex
herpes simplex
immune complex
leisure complex
major histocompatibility complex
metroplex
military-industrial complex
Oedipus complex
plex
shopping complex
superiority complex
time-division multiplex
twin-lens reflex
vitamin B complex

Synonyms and antonyms of culex in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «culex» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CULEX

Find out the translation of culex to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of culex from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «culex» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

致倦库
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Culex
570 millions of speakers

English

culex
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्यूलेक्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكيولكس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Culex
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Culex
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

culex
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

culex
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Culex
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Culex
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イエカ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쿨 렉스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Culex
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Culex
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

culex
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोलेक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Culex
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Culex
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

culex
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Culex
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Culex
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Culex
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Culex
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Culex
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Culex
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of culex

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CULEX»

The term «culex» is regularly used and occupies the 107.479 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CULEX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «culex» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «culex» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about culex

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CULEX»

Discover the use of culex in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to culex and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Population and Quantitative Genetics in the West Nile Virus ...
Lastly, presented here is the first genetic linkage map of Cx. tarsalis, generated by genotyping an F2 intercross at 31 loci.
Meera Venkatesan, 2009
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Factors Contributing to the Host Specificity of the ...
Introduction Biology of Culex territans Culex territans Walker (Diptera: Culicidae) has often been considered a scientific curiosity, because it has never been implicated as a vector to humans. As a result, few studies have been conducted to ...
Kristen Bartlett, 2009
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The Culex of Virgil
formances must be expunged, and merely because it is the poor-5 est, what would have been the case, had the Culex never have been written ? We should have lost not only the pastorals of Virgil, but the imitations of Pope. This poem is, to be ...
Virgil, 1807
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Mosquitoes and Their Control
263 10.3 Genus Culex Linnaeus ....................................................................... 264 10.3.1 Subgenus Barraudius (Edwards) ......................................... 265 Culex modestus (Ficalbi 1889) . ... 275 Culex pipiens pipiens biotype molestus (Forskal 1775).
Norbert Becker, Dusan Petric, Marija Zgomba, 2010
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Manson's Tropical Diseases: Expert Consult - Online
Culex (Culex) gelidus Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Culex (Culex) tritaeniorhynchus Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) North America South America Europe Everglades (EVE) Florida Mayaro (MAY) South and Central America Mucambo ...
Jeremy Farrar, Peter Hotez, Thomas Junghanss, 2013
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Vector-borne Disease Control in Humans Through Rice ...
Both Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex tarsalis are exophagic, exophilic mosquitoes feeding and resting outdoors. The resting sites are rather poorly defined, which complicates the use of residual insecticides. Flight range and dispersal ...
W. H. Smith, 1988
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Effects of Hybridization, Feeding Behavior, and Parity Rates ...
Mosquitoes in the Culex pipiens complex are principal vectors of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Northeastern United States.
Linda-Lou O'Connor, 2008
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In Situ Marking of Culex Tarsalis Larvae (Diptera: ...
The Wyoming communities of Lander and Torrington have been areas of high West Nile Virus (WNV) incidence and both have sizeable populations of Culex tarsalis Coquillett, the primary vector of WNV in Wyoming.
Travis R. Gilchriest, 2008
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Culex australicus 208 Culex bitaeniorhynchus 247 t Culex cedecei 228,228t Culex fuscocephala 236 Culex gelidus 230t,236 Culex globocoxitus 208 Culex molestus 208,230t, 246, 247 t Culex nigripalpus 226t,230 t , 236 Culex ocassia 227 ...
Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, 2009
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Advances in Insect Physiology
pole cells 3: 63 tarsalis 24: l32, l33, l37 Culex fatigans, sex-specific differences in amino acids 3: 97 Culex modestus, eye pigments 6: l 87 Culex molestans, nutrition 1 : 80 Culex molestus, corpus allatum and ovarian development 2: 297 Culex ...
Steve Simpson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CULEX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term culex is used in the context of the following news items.
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First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Colorado this year
Two mosquito traps in Fort Collins, one in southeast Fort Collins and one in northeast Fort Collins, found Culex mosquitoes, a genus of ... «Loveland Reporter-Herald, Jul 15»
2
Steady rain, warm temps and floods create an ideal habitat for …
Floodwater mosquitoes can transmit heartworm disease in dogs, but vector mosquitoes, which include the culex mosquitoes carry diseases ... «Peoria Journal Star, Jul 15»
3
Growing mosquito numbers prompt aerial spraying
But Culex mosquitoes, which carry and transmit West Nile, have been doubling each week, said Brian Wilbur, director of Ada County Mosquito ... «The Idaho Statesman, Jul 15»
4
Keeping yard clean of standing water needed to control mosquitoes
Culex Pipiens/restuans is the species we look for. They are the bridge vector,” said Hatten. “They bite animals, birds in this case, and they bite ... «Chatham Daily News, Jul 15»
5
CHP investigates suspected case of Japanese encephalitis
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Culicine mosquito) is the principal vector of JE and is nocturnal. It mainly breeds in waterlogged fields, marshes, ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
6
6 ways to avoid summer perils
Depending on where you live in Canada those species are Culex tarsalis, Culex restuans and Culex pipiens.Most years human cases of West ... «Sault Star, Jul 15»
7
Year's 1st Japanese encephalitis case confirmed in Kaohsiung
... take extra care to avoid being bitten by the Culex tritaeniorhynchus or Culex annulus species of mosquitoes, the Department of Health said. «Focus Taiwan News Channel, Jul 15»
8
Parts of Pueblo seeing record-setting mosquito levels
“The Culex mosquito is the one that potentially carries West Nile that's separated out of that sample and sent to a state lab,” Rodosevich said. «FOX21News.com, Jul 15»
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Mosquito Showdown 2015: Some Native Plants Are On Your Team
Culex pipiens likes to give its babies a nursery-full of bacteria to eat: and a wide variety of bacteria at that. U of I grad student Allie Gardner led a ... «WNIJ and WNIU, Jul 15»
10
Ha Noi steps up JE prevention
JE is transmitted to humans through infected culex mosquitoes. The symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis - commonly known as "brain ... «Viet Nam News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Culex [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/culex>. May 2024 ».
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